The Department of State Services (DSS), Ogun State Command, has reportedly invited the three principal officers of the Fusengbuwa ruling house over the alleged sale of expression of curiosity varieties to aspirants in search of to change into the following Awujale of Ijebuland.
The choice course of for the vacant stool, which grew to become vacant in July 2025 following the loss of life of 91-year-old Oba Sikiru Adetona, who reigned for 65 years, has been marred by controversy, litigation and repeated postponements.
Our correspondent gathered that these invited by the DSS embody Otunba Abdulateef Owoyemi, chairman of the ruling house; Otunba Dokun Ajidagba, deputy chairman; and Prof. Fassy Yusuf, vice chairman.
In its letter, the three household heads have been directed to seem on the DSS state workplace in Abeokuta at 4 p.m. on Thursday, October 29, 2026.
The letter partly learn: “I’m directed to ask you for a gathering with the State Director of Security (SDS), Department of State Services (DSS), Ogun State, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, right now, twenty ninth October, 2026, at 1600 hours (4 p.m.).
“The assembly is in furtherance of investigations into actions referring to the sale of expression of curiosity varieties to princes taken with contesting for the vacant stool of Awujale of Ijebuland.
“Kindly note that an officer has been designated at the main gate to facilitate your entrance clearance into the premises. Accept the Director’s best wishes, please.”
Yusuf, when contacted, confirmed receiving the a call for participation however stated he was attending to a matter on the Supreme Court in Abuja and couldn’t honour the invitation.
The professor of mass communication and lawyer stated, “I just received the letter from the DSS not long ago, but I am in Abuja attending to a matter at the Supreme Court. I have discountenanced their letter.”
The deputy chairman of the ruling house, Otunba Dokun Ajidagba, additionally confirmed receiving the DSS invitation at about 2:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Ajidagba stated, “I received the DSS invitation on Thursday at about 2:30 p.m. and was told to report at their office by 4:30 p.m. There was, however, no way I could honour such an invitation when all these matters are already in court. The status quo must be allowed to remain; that is the position of the law.”
Daily Trust stories that safety companies, together with the Ogun State Police Command, had twice summoned 9 Ijebu-Ode kingmakers and the three ruling house officers to seem on the police headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta, over allegations of bribery and monetary inducement in reference to the collection of a brand new Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland.
Owoyemi has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing within the choice course of throughout media engagements.
He, alongside Ajidagba and Yusuf, has additionally instituted authorized motion towards the state authorities over its choice to halt the choice course of in January.
The Fusengbuwa ruling house had additionally dragged Governor Dapo Abiodun, the Awujale kingmakers and 5 others earlier than the High Court sitting in Ijebu-Ode, in search of orders compelling the completion of the method for choosing the following Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland.
The go well with, numbered HCJ/149/2026 and dated August 21, 2026, was filed by Owoyemi, Ajidagba and Yusuf.
Also joined as defendants have been the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Oluwasina Ogungbade (SAN); the Ogun State Executive Council; the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Ganiyu Hamzat; and the Secretary of Ijebu-Ode Local Government.
Other defendants embody members of the Awujale Afobaje/Kingmakers Council: Olorogun Sonny Kuku, Chief Rasheed Adesanya, Chief Oluwaranti Lekan Osifeso, Chief Jimi Lawal, Chief Abimbola Okenla, Chief Kunle Ogunade, Chief Agboola Alausa, Chief Adebisi Adaran and Chief Ayotunde Ola Odulaja.
The claimants are asking the courtroom to find out whether or not the state authorities had the authorized authority to order or facilitate the alleged entry into and locking of the Awujale Palace on January 20, 2026, “to physically prevent” the kingmakers from convening and concluding the statutory choice course of for the brand new Awujale.
On Tuesday, Governor Abiodun reassured the folks of Ijebuland {that a} new Awujale would emerge earlier than May 29, 2027.
According to an announcement issued on Wednesday, the governor gave the reassurance on Tuesday on the Ogun East Senatorial District stakeholders’ assembly in Ijebu-Ode, the place he engaged representatives of assorted curiosity teams on conventional affairs, governance and the district’s financial prospects.
He was quoted as saying, “On the succession process for the revered Awujale stool, my administration is committed to facilitating a smooth, peaceful and widely acceptable process leading to the emergence of a new monarch.”
The governor acknowledged the significance of the Awujale establishment to the cultural heritage, id and unity of Ijebuland, interesting to the folks to stay calm and affected person whereas the required processes have been being concluded.
He stated his administration was giving the matter the eye it deserved to make sure that the method was concluded peacefully and that the emergence of a brand new Awujale loved the acceptance and help of the folks.
The Awujale stool grew to become vacant in July 2025 following the loss of life of Oba Sikiru Adetona on the age of 91, after 65 years on the throne.
The Ogun State Government halted the choice course of in January 2026, citing petitions from safety companies and stakeholders, following an earlier suspension in December 2025 over procedural issues.
A complete of 95 aspirants—94 princes and one princess—emerged from the ruling house’s nomination course of held in Ijebu-Ode in December 2025 earlier than the federal government halted the choice course of.
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