Former president Olusegun Obasanjo, the Olowu of Owu, Abeokuta Oba Adegboyega Dosunmu and eight others, have been dragged before a High Court in Abeokuta over the appointment of Oba Dosunmu as the Olowu of Owu.
In a suit no: AB/158/2011 filed by one of the contenders to the throne, Prince Olutayo Adebiyi Fadairo, the plaintiff averred that the meeting, and selection of the 1st defendant (Oba Dosunmu) as the new Olowu of Owu by the 2nd-7th defendants, and other Owu warrant kingmakers on the 3rd of July 2005 or any other day, was in contravention of the age old tradition and custom of Owu and thechiefs law.
The plaintiff sought for an order of perpetual injunction restraining the 1st defendant fromparading himself as the Olowu of Owu.
Prince Fadairo prayed the court for an order of perpetual injunction restraining the 2nd-11thdefendants, their agents, servants, or privies, from recognising, or dealing with the 1st defendant in any way or manner whatsoever as the Olowu of Owu Abeokuta.
Others joined in the suitalongside with Obasanjo, Oba Dosunmuare Chief S.O Olaifa, Chief O.O Oshungboye, Chief Adisa Adewolu, Chief M.Ola Yusuf, the Secretary, Abeokuta North Local Government, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, the Attorney General of Ogun State and the state governor.
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