The 21 Ibadan kings installed by Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State have been sacked by a High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State.

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The presiding judge, Justice Olajumoke Aiki also declared as illegal the review of the 1957 Olubadan Chieftaincy Declaration and other Related Chieftaincies in Ibadan land. Governor Ajimobi had last year elevated 21 Ibadan high chiefs to monarchs.

Justice Aiki declared the review of the 1957 Olubadan Chieftaincy Declaration and other Related Chieftaincies in Ibadan land by the Justice Akintunde Boade Review Commission, which was set up by the Oyo state government, as unconstitutional, illegal, null, void and of no effect.

While delivering judgment, Aiki held that wearing of beaded crowns are beyond the purview of sections 10, 12 and 25 of the Oyo state chiefs’ law, stating that section 25 of the chiefs law could not be treated in isolation to the provisions of parts two and three of the chiefs laws.