Oyo monarch Oloko loses at Supreme Court
The Oloko of Oko in Surulere Local Government Area of Oyo State, Oba Solomon Akinola, has lost his second appeal in the land case he has been contesting with Aagba
The Oloko of Oko in Surulere Local Government Area of Oyo State, Oba Solomon Akinola, has lost his second appeal in the land case he has been contesting with Aagba Kingdom and Tropical Culture Ltd.
Delivering judgment, Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, who led five other justices of the Supreme Court, dismissed Oba Akinola’s appeal filed on December 3, 2025 with Appeal No. SC/ML/593/2025, for abuse of court process.
The pronouncement put finality to the land tussle, which has lingered for a little over 100 years.
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Recall that Supreme Court had on November 11, 2024 struck out the earlier Appeal No. SC/CV/550/2021 for being incompetent and Oba Akinola later filed the second appeal, which has now suffered outright dismissal for being an abuse of court process.
In his reaction to the judgment, the Director of Tropical Culture Ltd, Dr. Isaac Abiodun, expressed happiness that judiciary still remained the hope of common man.
He says Oba Akinola will now face his criminal charge squarely in Charge No. I/288c/2025 instituted against him by Oyo State Anti-land Grabbing Task Force.
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He hoped justice would be served in that case too after the infamous withdrawal of the monarch’s name from the earlier Charge No. HOI/1C/2023, by the Attorney-General of Oyo State, Abiodun Aikomo, despite the weight of evidence against the monarch.
“Persons who have invaded and are in illegal occupation of Aagba and Tropical Culture land and reaping the fruits of their cashew plantations and other crops should take notice and desist from further trespassing on their land, failure of which the strong arm of the law will catch up with them.”
