Court sacks New Soun of Ogbomoso

 Barely one month after the Oyo State government announced the appointment of Pastor  Ghandi Olaoye  as the new Soun of Ogbomoso, an Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso, on Wednesday, upturned the appointment.

The Oyo state government  had announced Redeemed Pastor, Olaoye as the new Soun and made him king, on September 8, 2023.

The Soun of Ogbomosoland stool became vacant after the demise of Oba Jimoh Oyewumi Ajagungbade III, in December 2021, at the age of 95 years after he reigned for 48 years.

The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde had approved the appointment of Olaoye as the new Soun of Ogbomosoland in September 2023.

The selection of Olaoye then became the subject of a court case as the Chairman the Screening Committee for the Laoye ruling house, in Ogbomoso, Abdulwahab Laoye, said the family had not selected anybody to fill the vacant stool of Soun of Ogbomoso, dismissing as mere insinuations, social media report that someone had been selected

He said the ruling house had been dazed with the rumors that one Ghandi Afolabi, a pastor with the RCCG, had been selected.