BELGORE, JSC (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The plaintiffs in the trial court are the appellants here as they were in the Court of Appeal, Kaduna branch. They all come from a village called Ponyan, then in Kwara State but now in Kogi State. Their complaint is that they have three ruling house who in rotation supply the Chief (Oba) of the town. The ruling houses, according to them, are ILARO, OTUN AND ODO-OJA. The first two had supplied the last two Chiefs and it was then the turn of Odo-Oja to nominate a Chief and that the kingmakers, who the then appellants claim to be, nominated one D. L. Obasa as Oba of Ponyan. This name, as a formality was forwarded to Kwara State Government for approval. But contrary to this advice to Government, the "first and second defendants" appointed the third respondent. Chief Ezekiel Omoboye Omopariola as Oba of Ponyan by Edict No. 2 of 1988, an Edict the plaintiffs claim to be aware of only in Court at Lokoja on 23rd March, 1988. As a result the plai…
OBADA & ORS.
V.
MILITARY GOVERNOR OF KWARA STATE & ORS.
(1994) JELR 35513 (SC)
Supreme Court 22 Apr 1994 Nigeria
BriefBot Summary
- The plaintiffs, who come from a village called Ponyan, are challenging the appointment of the third respondent as the Oba of Ponyan. - They claim that it was the turn of the Odo-Oja ruling house to nominate a Chief, but the first and seco
Case Details
Suit Number:SC.131/1990
Judges:SALIHU MODIBBO ALFA BELGORE JSC
ABUBAKAR BASHIR WALI JSC
IDRIS LEGBO KUTIGI JSC
SYLVESTER UMARU ONU JSC
ANTHONY IKECHUKWU IGUH JSC
Counsel:Chief S.F. Odeyemi For Appellant
S.O. Otu (Director of Civil Litigation, Kogi State)Ayo Jonathan. Esq For Respondent
Other Citations:Obaba v. Mil. Gov., Kwara State (1994) 4 NWLR (Pt.336) 26 (1994) 4 SCNJ 121
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