An Osogbo High Court, presided over by Justice Oyejide Falola, had, on Monday, reaffirmed the February 18 judgment of Justice Yinka Aderibigbe, which nullified the selection and appointment of Oyetunji as the Ataoja of Osogboland.
The court, following the February judgment ordered the embattled monarch to vacate the throne as his appointment did not follow due process.
Yesterday, at a press briefing held at his Powerline office, Amitolu, who is also the Coordinator, Campaign for Democracy and Rights of the People (CDRP), urged both Governor Rauf Aregbesola and the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Solomon Olusegun, to effect the court order or face the wrath of the people. Amitolu maintained that the deposed monarch had contravened the order of the court by his refusal to leave the throne, saying that righteousness and justice must be allowed to reign in the town.
According to him, since Oyetunji did not appeal against the judgment he had no moral justification to continue to occupy the throne more than 72 hours after the court order.“We are marching on the palace of the Ataoja of Osogbo tomorrow (today) to ensure the rule of law is respected. We shall flush out all the rats in the palace and all those disobeying the court order. We want the police to carry out their responsibility by enforcing the law and if they fail we will help them to implement the law. We are empowered by the Constitution to do so.
“He sought to be a party in the case instituted and he was denied. The court has declared that Osogbo has no Oba. He has no right to appeal because the court has faulted the process that produced him and the law frowns at those who undermine our Constitution.
“He is seeing himself as being above the law and the law is no respecter of anybody. Jimoh (Oyetunji) has ceased to be our Oba. We are going to demonstrate tomorrow and we will force open the palace and eject all the rats there. The Constitution empowers us to do so. We should encourage democracy to flourish in the country,” Amitolu stated.
He challenged Governor Aregbesola to justify his commitment to the rule of law and justice, adding ‘Aregbesola, as a product of the rule of law should not pretend or ignore the responsibility of implementing the order of the High Court. He should come out from his shell and declare either for or against.
In the Monday ruling, the court declared Oyetunji as an impostor, whose appointment was illegal, and contradicted the laid down rules and traditions of Osogbo as regard the appointment of a substantive traditional ruler of the town.
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