The Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, has told an Ikeja High Court that he is the one anointed by the gods and ancestors to be the Oba of Lagos.
He made this statement on Monday when he appeared in Court in a suit challenging his coronation as the Oba of Lagos.
He said: “I am here to justify my appointment. You cannot build something on nothing, it will be broken. By native law and customs and by law, I am the bonafide Oba of Lagos.”
Akiolu, was accompanied to the court by ten first class white cap Chiefs of Lagos.
The Monarch installation as the Oba of Lagos is being challenged by Prince Adedoyin Adebiyi and Prince Rasheed Modile, two members of the Lagos royal family.
Joined as respondents in the suit are the state governor, the Attorney-General of Lagos State, Prince Babatunde Akitoye and Chief Junaid Eko.
Both Adebiyi and Modile are claiming that Akiolu is not entitled to the throne because he is not a member of a ruling royal family by not being a direct descendant of Oba Ado, the first Oba of Lagos.
The claimants said that only members of the Ologun Kutere and Akinsemoyin ruling houses are entitled to the throne.
They also alleged that proper customary rules and procedures were not followed when he was appointed as Oba in May 2003.
