Awujale succession crisis deepens as Adele Council drags Abiodun, AIAC to court

The crisis over the vacant stool of the Awujale of Ijebuland has deepened, as the Adele Awujale-in-Council has dragged Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, and members of the Awujale Interregnum Administrative Council, AIAC, to court. The suit, marked HCJ/201/2026, was filed at the High Court of Ogun State, sitting in Ijebu-Ode, by the Adele Awujale-in-Council, led by the Adele and Ogbeni Oja of Ijebuland, Olo'rgun Dr Sonny Kuku. The council is challenging the creation and reconstitution of the AIAC by the governor and the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs. In the suit, the claimants are asking the court to declare that, under the native law, custom and tradition of the I...