Obalufe of Ife, Idowu
Adediwura who is said to be the second-in-command to the Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye
Ogunwusi was sacked by an Osun State High Court on Wednesday December 11.
The court which sacked
Obalufe on grounds of his installation not being in accordance with the
provisions of Ife Chieftaincy Declaration of 1957, also directed the Ooni to
fill the stool with a candidate from the Aga Ruling House within 21 days.
Justice Foluke Awolalu in her ruling said the
Ife Chieftaincy Declaration of 1957 backed claims of Aga Ruling House producing
the next Obalufe and not Mr Adediwura’s Ajagbusiekun Ruling House.
The judgement came after a preliminary
objection filed Adediwura seeking the dismissal of the matter was struck out by
the court.