Justice K.A. Adedokun of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, on Tuesday, restrained the state government from nominating and installing a parallel Aresaadu while Oba Abraham Oyerinde, the Aresaadu of Iresaadu in Surulere Local Government Area of the state, remains on the throne.
In suit No. HOI/6/2026, Adedokun granted the prayers of the applicant, Oba Adeyeye, after listening to the arguments of his lawyer, Mr. S. Raji.
The judge granted the injunction, restraining the “Government, Emiolu Ruling House and the Kingmakers from nominating, appointing or approving any candidate for the Aresaadu of Iresaadu Chieftaincy nor taking any step in that regard pending the hearing and final determination of the Motion on Notice.”
The court further held, inter alia, that, “After going through the application and the two affidavits in support of same as well as Exhibits A, A1, B, C & D attached to same, it was established that the right of the Applicant is under threat and same needed to be protected by this Honourable Court.
“The circumstances of this case make it one of the deserving instances when an interim order of this Honourable Court should be granted. Consequently, I found merit in the application and same is accordingly granted as prayed.”
Oba Adeyeye was forced to approach the court yet again to obtain the fresh order after the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters allegedly failed to attend to his letters, including the previous court orders, and proceeded with the nomination process.
The Certified True Copy of the fresh court order was made available on Monday, September 14, 2026, by Oba Adeyeye, along with other relevant chieftaincy documents and subsisting court judgments.
Recall that the monarch had earlier appealed to the government through the Acting Governor, Chief Adebayo Lawal, and Governor Seyi Makinde on September 6, 2026, to urgently stop the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Ademola Ojo, from allegedly appointing a parallel Aresaadu of Iresaadu in alleged disobedience of subsisting court orders.
Oba Oyerinde’s appeal was contained in a statement he personally signed and made available to journalists concerning his travail regarding the Aresaadu throne since 2019.
He noted that Ojo, the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, had in September 2025 and September 2026 written two separate letters to the chairman of Surulere Local Government to commence the process of nominating a parallel Aresaadu, allegedly premised on the claim that a court judgment had nullified his appointment as the substantive Aresaadu.
Oyerinde therefore called on the governor to direct the immediate stoppage of meetings already commenced by the chairman of Surulere Local Government and the Emiolu Ruling house to nominate a fresh candidate for the Aresaadu throne, which, he said, had not been declared vacant by any court of competent jurisdiction.
“Your Excellency, Sir, it is of extreme importance and urgency to again call your attention to a disturbing matter as it relates to the injustice meted out to me as Aresaadu of Iresaadu, HRM Oba Abraham Olafimihan Adeyeye, by the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, headed by Hon. Ademola Ojo.
“The Ministry has just issued a fresh letter in September 2026 to the Chairman of Surulere Local Government, directing him to instruct Emiolu Ruling House to nominate a candidate for appointment as a parallel Aresaadu while I am still on the throne.
”Not only has the Court of Appeal, in Appeal No. CA/I/291/2002, ruled that it is not the turn of Emiolu Ruling House to present a candidate for the throne, but also the subsequent suit, Suit No. HOI/4/2019, filed by Emiolu Ruling House to challenge my appointment, has since been dismissed without any appeal against it.”
The monarch also asked the government to nullify the entire process of any fresh nomination to the non-vacant Aresaadu chieftaincy stool, describing it as an illegality and alleged disobedience of subsisting court orders, and to sanction any erring government officers found culpable.