Ondo court deposes monarch after 29 years of legal tussle

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The case, which had been heard at the Appellate and Supreme Court levels, was referred back to the Owo High Court, where Justice Ademola

A first-class monarch in the Ose Local Council of Ondo State, the Olute of Ute, Oba Michael Adetunji, was on Tuesday dethroned by an Ondo State High Court, sitting in Owo, headquarters of the Owo Local Council area of the state.

Justice Enikuomehin ruled that the deposed monarch, who was a retired Major, should stop parading himself as Olute and ordered a fresh selection process from within the Olule Omoloja ruling lineage. Fabuluje explained that the case was returned from the Supreme Court to the High Court for a fresh hearing after the judgement was awarded at the Appellate Courts.

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