A legal battle is unfolding within Lagos’ royal and traditional institutions as Prince Abiola Olojo Kosoko, the Oloja-elect of Lagos, has filed a fundamental rights enforcement suit against the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, and senior officers of the Nigeria Police Force.
The suit, currently before the Federal High Court in Lagos, underscores an escalating dispute over land ownership in the Ogombo area of Eti-Osa Local Council as well as succession to the prestigious Oloja of Lagos chieftaincy title, traditionally reserved for the Kosoko royal family.
Kosoko, in a detailed affidavit, accused Oba Akiolu of abusing his influence as the paramount ruler of Lagos and a retired senior police officer to intimidate, harass, and destabilise his family through repeated police actions.
The applicant, Prince Abiola Olojo Kosoko, is the acknowledged Oloja-elect of Lagos and a direct descendant of King Kosoko, a historic warrior-king whose reign shaped the political and territorial history of Lagos.
The respondents include the Inspector General of Police (IGP), the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 2, Onikan, Lagos, Deputy Commissioner of Police Bello Muhammed, CSP Mariam Ogunmolasuyi, Inspector Ebere, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, Oba of Lagos, and Olumegbon Ajah Chieftaincy Family Property & Investments Ltd, a subsidiary of the Olumegbon royal family.
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