Court upholds custom and tradition, cancels appointment of chief by Ekiti Monarch
An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Omuo Ekiti has declared the appointment of Mr Jamiu Dende as the Agere of Okeringun, Omuo-Oke Ekiti, null and void, on the ground that it violated the Ekiti State Chieftaincy Law.
The court held that the Olomuooke of Omuo Oke, Oba Valentine Adebayo Otitoju, who appointed Dende as a minor chief in his domain, did not have the power to do so without consulting the heads of the three clans in the town.
The suit was filed by Chief Michael Akomolehin, the Elerebi of Omuooke Ekiti and head of Isalu clan, who challenged Dende’s appointment as contrary to the custom and tradition of the land.
Delivering judgment, Justice Blessing Ajileye stated that only the Anda, Ejisun, and Olijoji who are the heads of the three clans in the town, have the power to instal minor chiefs in their domain, while the monarch only has the power of approval.
Justice Ajileye noted that all the evidence provided by the claimant was cogent, reliable, and credible, hence the need for the pronouncement.
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