Court Sacks Ghandi As Soun Of Ogbomoso, Orders New Selection Process

The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso, on Wednesday, sacked the new Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Ghandi Olaoye.

The state government had announced Redeemed Pastor, Olaoye as the new Soun and made him king, on September 8, 2023.

The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde approved the appointment of Olaoye as the Soun of Ogbomoso land.

The selection of Olaoye had become the subject of a court case as the Chairman, Screening Committee for the Laoye ruling house, in Ogbomoso, Abdulwahab Laoye, said the family had not chosen anybody to fill the vacant stool of Soun of Ogbomoso, dismissing as mere insinuations, social media report that someone had been selected.

He added that the ruling house had been dazed with the rumours that one Ghandi Afolabi, a pastor with the RCCG, had been selected.