An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, the state capital has restrained the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII) the apex socio-cultural body of Ibadan indigenes from conducting its biannual election slated for Friday 4th April, 2025.
The court presided over by Justice Ladiran Akintola ruled on the application brought before it by a veteran journalist and candidate for the post of CCII Secretary General, Chief Adeola Oloko.
Our correspondent learnt that Oloko, who is a former Personal Assistant to 41st Olubadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, had through his counsel, Hussein Afolabi accused the CCII electoral committee of unjust and unfair disqualification to disenfranchise him and Afikaraun forimu club of Ibadanland, which sponsored his candidacy.
The plaintiff took exception to the use of derogatory and weighty words like impersonation and falsification by the electoral committee to describe his disqualification.
Oloko contended that if the election was allowed to hold without addressing the damages wilfully done to his family name by the committee, his family runs the risk of being eternally damned and disgraced.
He specifically asked his accusers to name the person he impersonated and the records he falsified to deserve the negative appelations from the CCII electoral committee.
The court adjourned the interlocutory injunction till April 10 for hearing.