A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan has ordered that Egbe Omo Ogbomoso Paraapo Agbaye should continue to function unhindered and without any form of interference from external authorities.
The court had earlier restrained the Oba Ghandi Olaoye, the Soun of Ogbomoso, from dissolving the association’s executive committee or imposing a caretaker committee to run its affairs.
The dispute arose in September 2025 when the monarch announced the dissolution of the association’s executive and appointed Prof. Josiah Ajiboye as acting president to head a caretaker committee pending the conduct of an election for a substantive executive.
However, the association’s acting president, Alhaji Yusuf Adetayo, alongside two other members, Mr. Tolani Balogun and Alhaji Bukola Badmus, challenged the decision in court.
They sued Oba Olaoye, Prof. Ajiboye and the registered trustees of the association, seeking orders restraining the monarch from effecting the dissolution and leadership changes.
The applicants contended that the Soun lacked the constitutional authority to sack the executive or impose leadership on the association, arguing that Egbe Omo Ogbomoso Paraapo Agbaye is an independent body governed by its own constitution and duly registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission.
They also asked the court to restrain the caretaker committee from forcefully displacing the acting executive from the association’s secretariat and from taking steps to conduct elections or appoint officers that would undermine the legally constituted leadership, pending the determination of the substantive suit.
At the resumed hearing on Wednesday, counsel to the claimants, I. N. Obasan, informed the court that all parties had resolved the matter amicably through an out-of-court settlement.
She told the court that the terms of settlement were reached on January 28, 2026, and duly filed, urging the court to adopt them as its final judgment.
Counsel to the second and third defendants, O. K. Abimbola, confirmed the development, noting that all parties had freely consented to the settlement and its adoption by the court.
In her ruling, Justice N. E. Maha adopted the terms of settlement as the final judgment of the court, declaring them binding on all parties.
The judge ordered that no individual or group should interfere in the affairs of Egbe Omo Ogbomoso Paraapo Agbaye and emphasized that the association must be run strictly in accordance with its constitution. She further directed that each party should bear its own costs.