04/02/2025
👉🏻Kogi State Govt head to Appeal Court over the removal of Ohinoyi of Ebiraland by Lokoja high court
✅Court Sacks Ohinoyi Of Ebiraland (The full story)
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Justice Umar Salisu gave the order in a judgment, charging Ahmed-Anaje not to parade himself as the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland.
By Segun Salami 👉🏻 Channels TV
A State High Court in Lokoja on Monday sacked the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Alhaji Tijani Ahmed-Anaje.
Justice Umar Salisu gave the order in a judgment he delivered in Lokoja, charging Ahmed-Anaje not to parade himself as the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland.
👉🏻Chief Daudu Adeku-Ojiah, Hussain Yusuf and Abdulrahaam Suberu had in December challenged the appointment of Ahmed-Anaje by former governor Yahaya Bello as the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland.
Represented by Mr Lawal Rabana (SAN), the plaintiffs sued Governor Ahmed Ododo, the State Attorney General, Muzi Abdullahi and the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland. Ahmed-Anaje as 1st, 2nd and 3rd defendants in the case which began in okene before its transfer to Lokoja.
The three plaintiffs had pleaded with the court to make a declaration that the procedure adopted in appointing the 3rd Defendant to the throne of Ohinoyi of Ebiraland was wrongful, and unlawful.
They also argued that the process was contrary to the Procedure of Ascension to the Throne of Ohinoyi of Ebira Land, Edict No 3 of 1997 guiding the appointment of Ohinoyi of Ebiraland.
They also sought a DECLARATION that the purported recommendation of the 3rd Defendant by unknown kingmakers to the 1st Defendant as the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland was contrary to the clear provisions of Section 4(1) Chieis (Appoininient, Deposition and Establishment of Traditional Councils in Kogi State) Law, 2006 and, therefore, null, void and of no effect whatsoever.
“A DECLARATION that the purported Ohi’s who participated in the selection, recommendation and the process leading to the purported appointment of the 3rd Defendant as Ohinoyi of Ebiraland are non-existent, null and void.
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