A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan has ordered that the Egbe Omo Ogbomoso Paraapo Agbaye should continue to function without any interference, affirming the association’s autonomy and the supremacy of its constitution.
The court had earlier restrained the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Ghandi Olaoye, from dissolving the association’s executive committee and imposing a caretaker committee.
The dispute arose in September 2025 when the monarch announced the dissolution of the association’s executive and appointed Prof. Josiah Ajiboye as acting president to head a caretaker committee pending the election of a substantive executive.
In response, the acting president appointed by the association, Alhaji Yusuf Adetayo, alongside Mr. Tolani Balogun and Alhaji Bukola Badmus, instituted legal action against Oba Olaoye, Prof. Ajiboye and the association’s registered trustees. They sought an order restraining the monarch from effecting the dissolution and leadership changes.
The claimants argued that the Soun lacked the constitutional and legal authority to dissolve the association’s executive or impose leaders on it, stressing that Egbe Omo Ogbomoso Paraapo Agbaye is an independent body registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and governed by its own constitution.
They also asked the court to restrain Prof. Ajiboye and members of the caretaker committee from forcefully displacing the acting executive from the association’s secretariat, as well as from conducting elections or appointing officers that would undermine the legally installed leadership.
At the resumed hearing on Wednesday, counsel to the claimants, I. N. Obasan, informed the court that the parties had resolved the matter amicably. She said the terms of settlement, agreed upon on January 28, 2026, had been filed and urged the court to adopt them as its final judgment.
Counsel to the second and third defendants, O. K. Abimbola, confirmed the settlement and consented to its adoption by the court.
In her ruling, Justice N. E. Maha adopted the terms of settlement as the final judgment, declaring them binding on all parties.
The court ordered that no individual or group should interfere in the affairs of Egbe Omo Ogbomoso Paraapo Agbaye and directed that the association’s constitution must be strictly respected.
Justice Maha further ruled that each party should bear its own costs.
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