Nigeria, Jan. 11 -- A member of the Funsegbuwa Ruling House of Ijebuland, Wasiu Adesanya, has petitioned the Ogun State Government over what he described as attempts to circumvent due process in the nomination of candidates to fill the vacant Awujale stool.

Mr Adesanya, through his lawyer, Wahab Shittu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, raised the alarm in a letter dated 8 January and addressed to the Ogun State Executive Council through the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.

In the petition, Mr Adesanya alleged that some individuals within the ruling house were introducing procedures that are inconsistent with the Obas and Chiefs Law of Ogun State and the extant chieftaincy declaration guiding the Awujale stool.

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