The daughters of Alaye Aba of Aba, Aiyepe Ijebu in Odogbolu local government area of Ogun state has dragged members of the Incorporated Osugbo Secret Society to court over the hijack of their father’s corpse.
The late monarch daughters instituted a legal action at the Federal High Court in the state to declare the action of the Osugbo Secret Society members as unlawful.
The three daughters who are Mrs Aderonke Egunjimi, Mrs Tiwalade Abass and Mrs Adeyemi Joseph is seeking the court’s order to declare the action as a violation of their fundamental human rights and a request for payment of damage caused to the family by their action.
When the matter with suit number FHC/AB/FHR/25/21 came up for mention before Justice Muhammad Abubakar, their counsel, Chief Bolaji Ayorinde (SAN), told the court that he has been unable to serve some of the parties involved in the matter.
Ayorinde said he had served the court process on only six (06) out the 16 respondents based on the verifiable addresses, while the 10 others would be served through a substituted service, praying the court to accept the method as being dully served.
Joined in the suit are fifteen members of the Osugbo Society of Ijebuland and the Ijebu Traditional Council as the 16th respondents.
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Ayorinde emphasized that the need to tender the prayer became exigent so that the respondent, through their counsel would not feign ignorance of being dully served in the near future.
Responding, the defence counsel Prince Sola Opeodul did not object and the court granted the prayer.
In his ruling, Justice Mohammed Abubakar held that the court was satisfied with the application, describing it as “meritorious.”
He, therefore, granted the order as prayed by the applicants’ counsel.
Subsequently, the court adjourned till April 26 to entertain the suit.
