Prince Afolabi Ghandi Laoye, a former pastor at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, was appointed the new Soun of Ogbomosoland in Oyo State on Friday.
MDB had reported that Ghandi Laoye, who was based in the US, flew into Ogbomoso early in the morning in a private helicopter and then proceeded to the palace after landing at the school.
On December 12, 2021, Oba Jimoh Oyewumi passed into eternity, leaving the Soun of Ogbomoso stool empty.
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However, several family members objected to the approval, taking the matter to court, claiming that he was not involved in the process from the start and that they shouldn’t have been forced to accept his crown.
The family members instituted the suit, marked HOG/27/2022, in July 2022, against the nomination of Ghandi Olaoye by the kingmakers, citing various irregularities in the procedures that produced him thereby praying the court to, among other reliefs, set aside the nomination and to order a fresh process.
The judge, A.K. Adedokun, fixed the judgement day after Olaoye’s counsel, Oladapo Atanda, and Kolawole Fatoye, who represented Ghandi and the kingmakers adopted their processes and presented their arguments for and against the suit.
However, the new monarch was at the palace, on Friday, for an official installation which was performed at Abata by the kingmakers led by the Areago High Chief Sobalaje Otolorin.
The kingmakers said they did not receive any court injunction restraining them from installing Ghandi as the new Soun of Ogbomoso.
