Prince Jimmy Adetokunbo Yekini-Goloba has urged the Lagos State High Court to declare him the lawful person to ascend the throne of the Osolo of Isolo.
He is challenging what he describes as an unlawful installation of Prince Isa Abiodun Shekoni-Faronbi as the new traditional ruler of Isolo.
Yekini-Goloba, through his counsel Prof. Olarenwaju Fagbohun (SAN), seeks an order nullifying the purported nomination, approval, and installation of Shekoni-Faronbi.
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The plaintiff contends that the Alagbeji Ruling House, to which he belongs, is the rightful family to present a candidate following the death of the late Oba Kabiru Alani Adelaja Agbabiaka (Adeola Olushi III) in April 2024.
In the suit marked LD/13362/2005, Yekini-Goloba is praying the court to declare him as the Osolo of Isolo based on the rotational order among ruling houses in the Isolo Kingdom and the decision of the Alagbeji Ruling House, which he claims is next in line to produce the monarch.
The defendants are Prince Shekoni-Faronbi, the governor, Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Chieftaincy Committee of Oshodi-Isolo Local Government, and the Executive Chairman of Oshodi-Isolo Local Government.