Oba Ghandi Olaoye will on December 16 be given the staff of office of the Soun of Ogbomoso.
This comes after a High Court sitting in Ogbomoso, on Monday, granted a stay of execution of the October 25 judgment which ordered the removal of the monarch.
One of the interested parties in the matter Prince Kabir Olaoye had filed a suit marked HOG/27/2022, alleging irregularities in the process that led to Oba Ghandi’s emergence as Soun of Ogbomoso.
Justice Kareem Adedokun ruled in favour of the plaintiff and sacked Oba Ghandi.
Displeased with the judgment, Oba Ghandi and Oyo State Government filed an appeal as well as an application for a stay of execution.
On Monday, the judge granted the application for stay and directed “all the parties to maintain the status quo ante pending the hearing and determination of the appeal already filed by the defence of Oba Olaoye and the state government.”
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PUNCH gathered that Oba Ghandi, a pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God, will be given the staff of office next month.
The week-long programme, which is expected to commence on December 10 in Ogbomoso, will be rounded off on December 17 with a thanksgiving service.
“The presentation will officially be done by the state governor, Makinde, on Saturday, December 16, which is next month. It is a week-long programme starting on Monday and ending on Sunday,” the palace source was quoted as saying.
The last Soun of Ogbomoso Oba Jimoh Oyewumi Ajagungbade III died in December 2021 at the age of 95 and reigned for 48 years.
