A Lagos High Court sitting in Epe has affirmed Otunba Musa-Adebamowo as Head of Ewade Ruling House of Igbooye, Eredo-Epe. Justice Wasiu Animashaun, while restraining one Julius Adenuga Lawal from presenting himself in the capacity of the head of Ewade Ruling House of Igbooyeland in Epe, gave the order of interlocutory injunction on a motion on notice filed by Musa-Adebamowo through his counsel, Hassan Fajimite, Babs Animashaun and Kemi Yusuf.
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The judge further made an order of interlocutory injunction restraining Lawal, the defendant, his agents, servants and privies from interfering with, disturbing and preventing the claimant from performing his duties and functions and exercise of the power and full enjoyment of rights of the claimant as the head of the Ewade Ruling House of Igbooye, pending the final determination of the substantive suit.

He also ordered parties to maintain status quo, pending the final determination of the substantive suit.

In granting the order of interlocutory injunction, the judge held that the law is well settled and favours the claimant to continue to act as the head of the family.

“The balance of convenience does not favour both sides as it affects the alienation of properties. Where this is the situation, the status quo must be ordered to be maintained,” the court ordered.

In a writ of summon on June 30, 2022, the claimant prayed for a declaration that he remains the substantive head of Ewade Ruling House of Igbooye having not been removed since his election in 2005 by Ewade Ruling House; a declaration that the defendant is not the head of Ewade Ruling House of Igbooye, Eredo-Epe and a declaration that the conduct and activities of the defendant in parading himself as the head of Ewade Ruling House of Igbooye when the claimant has not been removed by Ewade Ruling House or by an order of the court was fraudulent and unlawful.

The claimant also prayed for an order of the court nullifying all the actions and activities, including any document executed by the defendant in the capacity of the head of Ewade Ruling House of Igbooye, Eredo-Epe; an order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendant from parading himself and or presenting himself or allowing himself to be paraded or presented as the head of Ewade Ruling House of Igbooye, Eredo-Epe and a general damages of N10 million against the defendant.
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