The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso, on Wednesday, upturned the appointment of the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Ghandi Olaoye.
Oyo State Government announced Redeemed Pastor, Olaoye as the new Soun and made him king, on 8th September.
The stool became vacant after the demise of Oba Jimoh Oyewumi Ajagungbade III, in December 2021, at the age of 95 years after he reigned for 48 years.
Olaoye’s selection had become the subject of a court case as the Chairman, Screening Committee for the Laoye ruling house, in Ogbomoso, Abdulwahab Laoye, said the family had not selected anybody to fill the vacant stool of Soun of Ogbomoso, dismissing as mere insinuations, social media report that someone had been selected
He said the ruling house had been dazed with the rumours that Olaoye had been selected as the monarch.
