One of the aggrieved parties, Prince Abdulganiyu Adetunji Ladigbolu, had filed a suit before the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan Judicial Division against the Oyo State Governor, the state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Oyo state, Chief Abdulrasheed Ghazali Adegoke, the chairman of the Council of Kingmakers in Saki and Prince Khalid Olabisi. Prince Ladigbolu in the suit delineated I/12/2020, is asking the court for a declaration that the selection of Prince Khalid Olabisi for the purpose of his approval and installation as the new Okere of Saki on December 18, 2019, at the residence of the Bagii of Saki is illegal, null and void as the selection process is not in conformity with relevant laws of Oyo state. He also asked for an order setting aside the selection of Prince Olabisi for the purpose of his approval and installation as the new Okere of Saki on December 18, 2019, at the residence of the Bagii of Saki, as the selection process ran afoul of relevant laws of Oyo state. He had in his claims stated that the way Prince Olabisi, the selected candidate scored 11 votes and none of the remaining 21 candidates scored a single vote remains amazing as the selected candidate was allegedly considered by many of the aspirants not to be the best. “The rule was laid down by the Supreme Court of Nigeria and anything contrary is null and void,” he concluded.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 09, 2020 19:07 UTC