Lekan Balogun and other members of the Olubadan-in-Council who were crowned Obas in 2017 have written to their lawyer, Kunle Sobaloju, to withdraw their case challenging a consent judgment on their elevation from high chiefs to Obaship status.
This was contained in a letter dated January 30 with names and titles of the affected high chiefs listed as clients.
A copy of the letter obtained by our correspondent was titled, ‘Re: Oba Senator Lekan Balogun & others vs Governor of Oyo State and others’.
In the letter, the kingmakers instructed their lawyer to “discontinue and withdraw” the case with immediate effect.
Part of the letter read, “We are your client in the above suit No: 1/22/2020/. After careful and painstaking consideration of the lingering crisis trailing the succession of the throne of our new Olubadan of Ibadan land, we resolved as follows:
“That the peace of Ibadan land is paramount in our hearts and as such no sacrifice is too much to be made to achieve the same.
“That we as kingmakers and members of Olubadan-in-Council have decided to withdraw our above-mentioned suit inHigh Court of Justice of Oyo State, Ibadan with immediate effect.
