Court Sacks Lagos Monarch

THE Lagos State High Court has nullified the installation and coronation of Ibrahim Adebowale Saliu as the Onise of Ise Kingdom in the Lekki Local Council Development Area of Epe Local Government Area, Lagos State.

Justice Yetunde Adesola Adesanya of the Lagos State High Court, Igbosere, also directed the Lagos State Government to withdraw the appointment letter, staff of office and official recognition issued to Saliu following his installation on August 21, 2026.

The ruling was delivered on Friday, September 11, 2026, following an application filed by Alhaji Adeniyi Atere and Mrs Idowu Adebisi Lana in Suit No. LD/0022PRA/2026.

The applicants had asked the court to intervene over the process that produced Saliu as the Oba-elect and his subsequent appointment and installation as the Onise of Ise.

The court ordered Saliu to return the appointment letter, staff of office and other official materials obtained in connection with the disputed installation.

He was also directed to stop presenting himself as the Onise of Ise until the substantive case before the court is heard and determined.

The dispute followed an earlier interim order issued by Justice S. I. Sonaike on August 13, 2026.

That order stopped the Lagos State Government and other listed defendants from taking steps to appoint Saliu as the Onise of Ise based on a March 30, 2026 letter forwarding his name as the Oba-elect.

The earlier order was made against the background of claims that the selection process did not comply with the Obas and Chiefs of Lagos State Law, 2015, and the Registered Declaration governing the selection of the Onise of Ise.