The Kingmakers, Council chair and others risk being committed to prison for contempt of Court over the ruling on the Alafin of Afin-Akoko Obaship tussle in Ondo State, South West Nigeria.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure on 5th November 2020 ordered parties to the Appeal No:CA/AK/208/2017 between Meshack Odeja (Appeallant) & Ors. V Chief Zacheaus Adewunmi & Ors.(Respondents), to maintain status quo pending the determination of the appeal.
The appellants in the appeal (the Ode Gbangba family) had appealed against the judgment of the Ondo State High Court and the Court of Appeal ordered parties to maintain status quo pending the determination of the appeal.
The respondents have yet to file their briefs despite being in receipt of the appellants’ brief.
However, the Government of Ondo State and Kingmakers are going ahead to install an Alafin of Afin-Akoko despite the initiation of contempt proceeding against them.
The legal tussle to determine who ascends the revered throne has been on since 2013.
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