A Federal High Court in Ibadan has extended an injunction restraining the Soun of Ogbomoso Oba Ghandi Olaoye from imposing a caretaker committee on the Egbe Omo Ogbomoso Paraapo Agbaye to January 29, 2026.
During hearing on Monday, the presiding judge, Justice N. E. Maha, extended the injunction restraining Oba Olaoye from dissolving the executive of the association and caretaker committee members appointed by him from operating.
The acting president of the association, Alhaji Yusuf Adetayo, alongside two other members — Mr. Tolani Balogun and Alhaji Bukola Badmus — dragged Oba Olaoye, prof. Josiah Ajiboye, and the association’s registered trustees to court, seeking an order restraining the monarch from effecting the changes.
Their decision was a response to the pronouncement of dissolution of the executive by the Soun, Oba Olaoye, in September. The monarch also announced Prof. Josiah Ajiboye as the caretaker committee chairman pending the conduct of an election to produce a substantive executive.
The court had restrained Oba Olaoye from sacking the executive of the association and Prof. Josiah Ajiboye from acting as the caretaker chairman of the association pending the determination of the motion on notice filed on November 11, 2025. He ordered both parties to maintain status quo ante.
At the hearing on Monday, respondents’ lawyers announced the filing of an objection to the injunction as well as an application challenging the court’s jurisdiction on the matter.
To allow the respondents serve the plaintiff and be ready for hearing, the judge extended the injunction till January 29, 2026 during which the three applications in the suit – motion on notice, originating summons and notice of preliminary objection – will be delivered.
