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Following the judgement of the high court in Ibadan which declared null and void the panel of inquiry set up by the Oyo State Government to review the Ibadan 1957 Olubadan Chieftaincy declaration and other related chieftaincy law,
Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, has vowed to appeal the High Court judgement which declared the 1957 Chieftaincy Declaration review panel illegal.
In the judgement delivered on Friday, the court also set aside the installation of 21 new obas in Ibadan which took place in August 2017.
But speaking on Friday, Ajimobi said the review was for the overall good of Ibadanland.
He said: “Today’s judgment on the Olubadan Chieftaincy review will be appealed against immediately. Let me reiterate here that the review was an exercise that was well thought out. It is for the development and progress of Ibadanland and the people therein. We will not relent in our determination to make Ibadan great and the greatness shall come through various ways; one of which was the Olubadan chieftaincy review that was conducted by a judicial commission of inquiry. The truth is that people are normally opposed to change and radical policies that will eventually be beneficial to them, but we shall get there. We will not be deterred or allow retrogressive tendencies to override the progress Oyo State is currently making”