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Mabudeje Family Wins Agbowa-Ikosi Kingship Appeal
The Court of Appeal in Lagos has overturned a previous judgment of the Lagos State High Court and upheld the right of the Mabudeje Royal Family to nominate a candidate for the vacant stool of the Abowa of Agbowa-Ikosi.
In a judgment delivered on May 30, 2025, the appellate court ruled that the lower court erred in law and failed to properly assess the evidence presented in the long-standing dispute over the traditional leadership of the Agbowa-Ikosi community in Ikosi-Ejinrin LCDA of Lagos State.
In Appeal No: CA/LAG/CV/1104/2023, the panel of justices, led by Justice Ngozika Okaisabor, held that the Mabudeje Royal Family, represented by Prince Babatunde Adenusi and others, had established their entitlement to the kingship based on credible and consistent evidence.
The court found that the High Court was wrong to have recognised the nomination and selection of Prince (Barr.) Owolabi Saheed Momson, who was joined as the 8th defendant in the suit, as the rightful Oba.
Justice Okaisabor, in the lead judgment, noted that a key piece of evidence presented by the claimants, a 2007 meeting of the Oba-in-Council admitted as Exhibit P9, revealed that the Aduloju family had clearly disassociated themselves from the Mabudeje lineage. Quoting from the minutes of the meeting, the court stated: “The 6th Respondent in the said Exhibit P9 denied being member of Mabudeje family and further stated that there is no one in their family who bears such a name.”
The appellate court found this disavowal significant, especially since the lower court had based its findings on a nomination process facilitated by the Aduloju family, which, by their own account, was not part of the Mabudeje ruling house.
Justice Okaisabor concluded that the evidence of the claimants was more coherent and reliable than that of the respondents.
The court also found that the proper legal process for involving the rightful royal family in the nomination had not been followed. Specifically, it determined that no valid communication was made by the authorities to the Mabudeje family inviting them to put forward a nominee.
“The said evidence of Appellants’ PW1… is that the 4th respondent did not write to them but wrote to the Adulojus as Mabudeje family, whereas Adulojus is not Mabudeje family,” the judgment noted.
Based on these findings, the Court of Appeal granted all the principal reliefs sought by the claimants. It issued a declaration affirming the right of the Mabudeje Royal Family to fill the vacant kingship stool and ordered the relevant government and chieftaincy authorities to invite the family to submit a nominee for installation.
“A DECLARATION that the claimants are entitled to the immediate right to fill the vacant stool of the Abowa of Agbowa-Ikosi in the Ejinrin/Eredo Local Government Development Area of Lagos State.
“AN ORDER compelling the 1st – 5th Defendants to call for the claimants’ nominee for the vacant stool of the Abowa of Agbowa-Ikosi and install the nominee as the Abowa of Agbowa-Ikosi.”
The judgment was supported by Justices Mohammed Mustapha and Paul Ahmed Bassi, who concurred with the lead decision.
At the hearing of the appeal held on April 7, 2025, the appellants were represented by a legal team led by human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, along with S.O.K. Shillings and Fawaz Odusote. Afees A. Abdullahi, counsel for the 2nd and 3rd respondents, was also in attendance, though none of the respondents filed briefs of argument. The court proceeded to determine the matter solely on the basis of the appellants’ submission.
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Stop Politicising EFCC Investigation To Blackmail President, APC Chieftain Tells Opposition Parties
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has cautioned members of opposition parties under the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) investigation to stop blackmailing President Bola Tinubu and focus on proving their innocence.
Oyintiloye, a member of the defunct APC Presidential Campaign Council, said this while speaking with newsmen on Sunday in Osogbo.
He said that the investigations being carried out by the anti-graft agency on some members of the opposition parties, based on petitions against them, were purely a constitutional matter and in line with international best practices.
Oyintiloye, a former lawmaker said that being a member of the opposition parties should not be seen as immunity against investigation into any alleged financial infractions whenever there were genuine reasons for it.
According to him, members of the ruling party are also being investigated by the EFCC whenever petitions alleging financial infractions are raised against them.
Oyintiloye said that the EFCC has a statutory mandate to investigate financial infractions involving public office holders across party lines without bias or favouritism.
The APC chieftain said that neither Tinubu nor the anti-graft agency would be swayed by unfounded allegations of witch-hunting but would rather continue to do what is right and just for the country.
“The EFCC has a mandate to investigate financial infractions against anyone, irrespective of political affiliations.
“Linking the President to the investigation of alleged financial infractions by opposition members in the name of politics is totally wrong.
“Whether you are a member of the ruling party or opposition, you are not immune to financial investigation.
“I want to caution members of the opposition parties to stop politicising what the EFCC is doing and prove their innocence, if any.
“President Tinubu is a man of honour and integrity, and he will not compromise his ideals in the name of politics. So, it is no longer business as usual,” he said.
According to him, there is no room for graft under the Tinubu administration
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has emerged winner of the Ghari/Tsanyawa supplementary election in Kano state
The returning officer, Professor Muhammad Waziri of Bayero University, declared Garba Ya’u Gwarmai of the APC winner with 31,472 votes
Waziri defeated the candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Yusuf Ali Maigado, who polled 27,931 votes
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has secured victory in the Ghari/Tsanyawa supplementary election held in Kano state.
Announcing the results on Sunday morning, August 17, the returning officer (RO), Professor Muhammad Waziri from Bayero University, declared APC candidate Garba Gwarmai the winner with a total of 31,472 votes.
He defeated the candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Yusuf Maigado, who polled 27,931 votes, according to The Punch.
The supplementary poll was conducted after the initial election in the constituency was declared inconclusive. With a margin of 3,541 votes, Gwarmai’s victory marks a key win for the APC as the party continues to reinforce its influence across the state.
Meanwhile, the NNPP won the Bagwai/Shanono state assembly by-election in Kano state.
Daily Trust and Vanguard noted this update.
Announcing the result at 12:36 a.m. on Sunday, August 17, the RO for the election, Prof. Hassan Adamu Shitu, declared the NNPP candidate, Ali Hassan Kiyawa, winner with 16,198 votes, defeating the APC candidate, Ahmad Muhammad Kadamu, who polled 5,347 votes.
Former Governor of Niger State, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, has said that the administration of President Bola Tinubu is performing well but lacks an effective communication strategy to relay its achievements to Nigerians.
Aliyu made the statement on the Thursday edition of Arise Television’s ‘The Morning Show’, while reacting to the outcome of a recent public accountability session held in Kaduna.
Aliyu, reflecting on the discussions at the Kaduna Forum, said the government is facing public dissatisfaction not because it hasn’t delivered, but because it is failing to tell its own story effectively.
The ex-governor said it is proper for political leaders in the North to make demands from Tinubu’s administration since the bulk of the votes that took power came from the region.
“Let the people understand what is happening on the ground. If by what we say that 63/64 percent of the vote came from the north, it is only logical that the north will be expecting so much from the government.
“But from what we have seen so far is that the government is doing well but they do not know how to communicate very well,” he said.
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