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Jegun throne: Appeal Court fixes Jan. 14 for hearing of monarch’s qualification

The Court of Appeal in Akure has fixed January 14 for the hearing of the suit challenging the qualification of Oba Oluwole Adetimehin Olufaderin for the throne of Jegun of Ile- Oluji in Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. The hearing is coming five years after the monarch replaced Oba Stephen Adedugbe, who joined his ancestors early in 2015.

The appeal is also coming after two years an Akure High Court dismissed the suit challenging the installation of the monarch over the failure to file the suit 21 days after the appointment had been made and for the failure of the applicants to pay N100.000.00 as security before such an action can be instituted.

Oba Olufaderin was presented with the staff of office and instrument of appointment on January 25, 2016 to replace Oba Adedugbe. Dissatisfied with the installation, the Jimoko Ruling House, whose turn it is to produce the monarch of the town challenged the installation at the law court and asked the court to invalidate the appointment. The crux of the suit filed through counsel for the ruling house, Otunba Olayinka Bolanle, is that the monarch is allegedly from the female line of the Jimoko Ruling House. The ruling house asked the court to remove the Oba Olufaderin from the throne as he is not entitled to the stool of Jegun because he is not allegedly from the male lineage of the House.

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