OBA of Shasha Kingdom in Alimosho Local Government Area (LGA) of Lagos State, Babatunde Akanbi Nasiru Ogunronbi, has appealed against a Federal High Court verdict on a chieftaincy suit against him.

He also petitioned the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, over an alleged plot  to “forcibly and unlawfully dethrone” him while his appeal is pending.

The appeal is in respect of a judgment delivered by Justice Musa Kurya in a suit filed by Babatunde Ismail.

Ogunrobi said he learnt of moves to have the judgment executed before his appeal is concluded.

The appellant said when the case came up on June 27, the court did not entertain any arguments from his lawyer in respect of the application for stay of execution, on the basis that there was no stamp of the Court of Appeal on the Notice of Appeal.

He said the judgment in which N30million was awarded against him was arrived at on the basis of concealed facts.

Ogunronbi said he also filed a second appeal against a ruling by the court refusing to set the judgment aside following an application by some of the parties.

He is also praying the court to stay execution of the verdict.

The monarch is urging the CJ to intervene so as to expedite the release of the case file to enable his lawyer compile the record of the appeal.

The monarch is contending that the bid to forcefully dethrone him from the Obaship of Shasha is illegal because the Federal High Court has no business with chieftaincy matters.

Besides, he said a suit on the kingship tussle, numbered ID/628/2012, between Madam Asabi Aje and Others vs  Governor of Lagos State is pending before Justice Doris Okuwobi of the Ikeja High Court.

The Monarch appealed to Justice Auta to “forestall further oppressive, unlawful, arbitrary and unjust use of judicial powers against me”.

Culled from The Nation onlineng