Awujale succession disaster deepens as Adele Council drags Abiodun, AIAC to courtroom

The council desires the courtroom to put aside the reconstitution of the AIAC and the appointments of its members, describing them as irregular, unlawful, unconstitutional, null and void.

It can also be looking for an order of perpetual injunction restraining the governor and others from interfering with the customary features of the Adele Awujale-in-Council.

The council is additional looking for an injunction restraining members of the AIAC from holding conferences, parading themselves or exercising any conventional, civil or monetary administration over Ijebu-Ode underneath the guise of the council.

It additionally filed a movement on discover looking for an interlocutory injunction restraining AIAC members from appearing in that capability and the governor from recognising, coping with or funding them, pending the willpower of the substantive swimsuit.

Speaking on the swimsuit, Kuku mentioned the motion had nothing to do with the succession course of, which, in line with him, was already on the stage of deliberation on a candidate out of the 95 names despatched to the Afobajes, the kingmakers.

“This suit is strictly to preserve the cultural norms, practices, and ancestral heritage of Ijebu-Ode on the Adele Awujale concept,” he mentioned.

“It is on record that we initially advised the Executive Governor on this tradition before even the first AIAC was allegedly constituted. This suit is not confrontational; all we want is to preserve the tradition of Ijebu-Ode in these sensitive matters.”

He mentioned historical past confirmed that the then Premier of the Western Region, Chief S.L.A. Akintola, didn’t represent any AIAC earlier than the late Oba Adetona was put in in 1960.

“The Adele concept, historically led by the Ogbeni Oja, is as old as the stool of the Awujale itself,” he added.

The succession disaster adopted the transition of the Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, in July 2025.

The state authorities had initially created an interim administrative physique in August 2025, however conventional kingmakers and chiefs resolved to dissolve it and change it with the Adele Awujale-in-Council.

The state authorities, nevertheless, introduced a reconstituted AIAC, a transfer the standard chiefs described as an unlawful assault on native customs.

The succession course of has additionally been slowed down by different litigations, together with swimsuit HCJ/149/2026, filed by the Fusengbuwa Ruling House towards Governor Abiodun and the kingmakers over the stoppage of the choice course of, and swimsuit HCJ/167/2026, involving a N1 billion defamation and management tussle inside the identical ruling home.

High-profile aspirants, together with Fuji musician Otunba Wasiu Ayinde Marshall, popularly generally known as K1, have additionally approached the courtroom to contest alleged procedural breaches throughout screening.

The choice course of has been halted twice by the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs following petitions, monetary allegations and safety reviews.

Despite Governor Abiodun’s current assurance {that a} new Awujale will emerge earlier than May 29, 2027, the Adele Awujale-in-Council maintains that the rule of legislation and dignity of the stool can’t be sacrificed for political expediency.