The Otun Olubadan of Ibadan, Chief Rashidi Ladoja, has dragged the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde and the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun to court over the elevation of 10 Ibadan High Chiefs to beaded crown-wearing Obas.
It will be recall that Governor Makinde, on June 22, approved the elevation of the Ibadan High Chiefs to Obas following Olubadan’s recommendation.
The new Obas are Owolabi Olakulehin; Olubunmi Isioye; Tajudeen Ajibola; Lateef Adebimpe; Biodun Kola-Daisi; Kola Adegbola; Eddy Oyewole; Hamidu Ajibade; Bayo Akande and Abiodun Azeez.
The governor last Friday also presented Staff of Office to the new Obas.
Ladoja, who is also an Ibadan high chief, had earlier rejected the elevation, saying he was only interested in becoming Olubadan.
“I’m not interested in any other crown apart from that of Olubadan of Ibadanland. And everyone of us knows that it’s God that chooses Oba in Ibadan,” he said.
Ladoja also had a running legal battle with Makinde’s predecessor, the late former governor Abiola Ajimobi, who had also elevated some chiefs and baales to Obas in 2017.
Ladoja won the court case, which dragged into Makinde’s first term.
