Soun of Ogbomosho stool: Court sacks ex-RCCG pastor Ghandi, orders fresh selection process

On Wednesday, the Oyo State High Court in Ogbomoso overturned the appointment of Oba Ghandi Olaoye as the new Soun of Ogbomoso.

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

The throne fell vacant with the death of Oba Jimoh Oyewumi Ajagungbade III in December 2021, at the age of 95, after reigning for 48 years.

The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde had approved the appointment of Olaoye as the Soun of Ogbomosoland.

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 selected anybody to fill the vacant stool of Soun of Ogbomoso, dismissing as mere insinuations, social media report that someone had been selected

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