IBADAN – Four princes of Oyo have taken the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, to an Oyo State High Court, sitting in Oyo town.
The claimants: Ladigbolu Moshood Adegboyega, Owoade Olaide Tesleem, Adeyemi Sikiru Adesina and Adeyemi Akinade Adebayo in a suit with no: HOY/18/2026 are asking the court to restrain the monarch from attending/participating in occasions and functions that will make him subservient or inferior to any Oba in Yorubaland.
In the court papers dated February 6, 2026 and sighted by The Nation yesterday, the claimants are seeking “an order of perpetual injunction restraining the monarch from acting in any traditional and official position which will make him to be subservient and inferior to any Oba in Yorubaland.
Specifically, the claimants want the court to reinforce the supremacy and historic importance of the Alaafin stool among others monarchs in Yorubaland, while also limiting the extent of his participation at events or occasion which may deem belittling of the stool.
The monarch is expected to make appearance personally or through representation in a case instituted against him by the members of the larger royal family.
