Osun: Lawyer writes Oyetola over Alawo Obaship illegality

An Osun State based human rights lawyer, Barrister Lekan Alabi, has
written a Letter of Complaint to the State Governor, Alhaji Gboyega
Oyetola over alleged illegal appointment of one Prince Taiwo Adegboye
as new Alawo of Awo in defiance to orders of the State High Court with
forged and perjury selection documents. The Legal Counsel threatened
the to approach the Court of competent jurisdiction to seek redress on
the matter after the expiration of 21- day ultimatum given to the
State Government to reverse its decision of September 13th,2021 in
respect of filling the vacant stool of Alawo in Egbedore Local
Government Area of the State.

Barrister Alabi who is Legal Counsel to the second contender for the
stool of Alawo from Abioye Ruling House/Compound, Awo and a renown
civil rights activist, Comrade (Prince) Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman. He
maintained that the appointment of Adegboye was not followed due
process and calling for immediate reversal of the appointment by
maintaining the status quo as being earlier ordered by the Court of
competent jurisdiction. The Letter dated 27th of September, 2021 with
titled: “Passionate Complaint-Re: Appointment of new Alawo” and the
copies were made available to newsmen at the weekend.

Specifically, Alabi accused the State Government of trying to subvert
the course of justice on the Alawo stool, with the illegal appointment
of Adegboye on 13th of September, 2021, when all the matter relating
to the vacant stool, still pending in the State High Court and Appeal
Court sitting in Akure where Taiwo Adegboye was an appellant.

Alabi who doubles as Secretary, Human Rights Committee of Nigeria Bar
Association (NBA),Osogbo branch, disclosed that the illegal
appointment of Adegboye was based on flagrant disobedience to Court
orders, forgery and perjury of selection documents and usage of
repealed 1957 Alawo of Awo Chieftaincy Declaration as contained in
letter with Reference Number: CD.6/2/VOL.III/1189, dated 12th of
August,2020 and signed by one Bashir Oladipupo, for Permanent
Secretary, Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs and
their purported selection documents with the Covering Letter with
Reference Number:ELG.396/T/28B,dated 24st August,2020 and signed by
one Mrs. Olabimtan F. Abiola, the Council Manager, for Chairman,
Egbedore Local Government,Awo. He added that, instead of using
subsisting 1978 Alawo of Awo Chieftaincy Declaration, they banged on
repealed 1957 Alawo of Awo Chieftaincy Declaration for their purported
selection process of Taiwo Adegboye, insisting that all the processes
that brought Taiwo Adegboye to the purported throne on September 13th,
2021,were invalid, null and void abinitio.

According to the Letter;”Our client,as a respecter of rule of law and
renown human rights activist who learnt activism at the feat of the
late Social Crusader and Legal Luminary, Chief Gani Fawehinmi,SAN,
could not sit and watch the impunity and flagrant disobedience to rule
of law and constitution which Governor Oyetola had sworn to uphold on
the subject matter being taken to the next level and this necessitated
the writing of this Passionate Protest Letter to the Governor of Osun
State, the approving authority to install a new Alawo”.

It stressed further that “All the documents in the selection process
in favour of Prince Taiwo Abdulrasaq Adegboye were forged, in
essence,Taiwo Adegboye supposed ascension to the throne of Alawo of
Awo on 13th of September,2021,is a product of fake and forged
documents and anybody who forged document should not be a beneficiary
of such position as the Supreme Court gave Ruling in the case of PDP
vs Biobarakuma Degi- Erienmienyo,the then Bayelsa Deputy
Governor-Elect in November 16,2019 Governorship Election, that voided
the Governorship Election of Mr. David Lyon barely 12 hours to his
inauguration, in a suit N0:FHC/ABJ/CS/1101/2019 and in a sane society,
the person of Taiwo Abdulrasaq Adegboye should not be allowed to hold
any position authourity, not to talk of becoming a monarch of an
ancient town of Awo in Osun State.

” Prince Taiwo Adegboye forgery and perjury acts are more evident in
the selection documents in the Letter with reference N0:
ELG.396/T/28B,dated 24st August, 2020, Taiwo Adegboye’s Expression of
Interest Form N0: 000000114, Adegboye’s Exhibit B03 in a suit N0:
HED/26/2020 and Adegboye’s Bond To Prosecute Appeal with Appeal N0:
CA/AK/58/2021 on a suit N0: HOS/84/2020 as Exhibit AA2″.

Breaking his silence on the development, Comrade Adeniyi Alimi
Sulaiman declared that it is duty bound on every legitimate member of
Abioye Ruling House/Compound, Awo,to ensure that the bad image being
given to our Ruling House on this issue of allegation of forgery and
perjury by my younger brother,Taiwo Adegboye is settled by advising
him to rescue himself from the purported throne honourably.

Sulaiman noted that it would not be augur well for our Abioye Ruling
House/Compound, Awo, to produce new Alawo vide a fraudulent procure
process and forged and perjury selection documents with undue process,
nothing that sanctity of truth, justice and rule of law should be
ensure to be prevailed in all ramifications in order to have
functional society.

He added that” Since the State Government under the leadership of
Governor Isiaka Adegboyega Oyetola announced Taiwo Adegboye as new
Alawo. I have taken solace in the imperishable word of our late
leader, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, SAN, that stand up for what is right,
even, if you are standing alone and you will be vindicated at the end”

He said; “All the actions of my younger brother, Taiwo Adegboye, to
his purported ascension of the throne of our ancestors, did not
represent the highly cherished ethos of OMOLUABI which Abioye Ruling
House is known for. I have suspected this illegality and hanky- panky
game since January this year, when Taiwo Adegboye brought a Notice of
Appeal on the 13th January, 2021 Ruling of Honourable Justice A.O.
Ayoola of Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo, to give accelerated
hearing to the substantive case of determining the authentic members
of Abioye Ruling House/Compound, Awo, which has been the subject of
litigation in respect of filling the vacant stool of Alawo. I have
been asking myself, why my younger brother did not want the lower
Court to determine the original owner of Abioye Ruling House/Compound,
Awo, not knowing that he has hidden agenda of becoming Alawo through
backdoor with forgery and perjury “.