Justice M. A. Akinyemi of the Ogun State High Court, Sagamu, has fixed May 21, 2025, for the hearing of the lawsuit filed against the Ogun State government by the Kankanbina ruling house of Ogere-Remo over the alleged imposition of the incumbent Ologere of Ogere-Remo, Oba James Obafemi Saliu.
Also sued alongside Oba James Saliu are Gov Dapo Abiodun, the Chairman of Ikenne Local Government, the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Ganiu Hamzat, and the Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Mr Sina Ogungbade(SAN).
According to the originating summons made available to our correspondent, Prince Olugbenga Adewoju, Rev Frederick Atakan, Mrs. Kehinde Odetola and two others on behalf of Kankanbina Ruling house had in May 2023 approached the state High Court in Sagamu over the alleged wrongful selection and imposition of Oba Saliu as the new Ologere of Ogere-Remo.
The claimants explained that it is the turn of their family to produce the next occupant of the Ologere stool and not Aremo and Gushemade families from where Oba Saliu emerged.
They disclosed further that they had actually nominated Prince Olugbenga Adewoju and forwarded the same to the relevant government agencies, but the second defendant, the Chairman of Ikenne Local Government, in a letter dated 07/12/2022, rejected the family resolution/nomination.
The council chairman allegedly called for a meeting, which had in attendance five other candidates who were allegedly not members of the Kankanbina family where the 1st defendant, Oba Saliu, was wrongfully nominated by members of the Aremo and Gushemade families.
