Redeemed pastor Ghandi Laoye becomes new Soun of Ogbomoso
A former pastor at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Prince Afolabi Ghandi Laoye, on Friday, September 8, was installed as the new Soun of Ogbomosoland in Oyo State.
Telescope.ng had reported that the Soun of Ogbomoso stool became vacant after Oba Jimoh Oyewumi transited to the great beyond, on December 12, 2021.
However, some members of the family opposed the approval, thereby heading to court, arguing that he was not part of the process right from the beginning and that he shouldn’t be crowned against their wishes.
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.
The defendants in the case include the Oyo State Governor, Oyo State Attorney General, Oyo State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Ogbomoso North Local Government, Ogbomoso North Traditional Council, and Prince Amos Olawole Olaoye (Mogaji Olaoye Ruling House) who are 1st to 6th defendants respectively.
Olaoye was installed at 8 a.m. Friday with a crowd of ecstatic indigenes welcoming the new monarch to the palace.
His enthronement was a smart escape from a high court order restraining the government and kingmakers from the installation.
The high court order was issued on Thursday, September 7.
The enthronement on Friday has beaten the order as it took place before the order could be served on the parties involved.
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