Traders from across Oyo State under the auspices of Babaloja-Generals and Iyaloja-Generals from all the five zones in Oyo state have applauded the court judgment in Ibadan on Friday ruled that Alh. Yekini Abass Oladapo (YK ABASS) should desist from parading himself as Babaloja General of Oyo and reprimanded six members of Oyo State Market Advisory Board involved in the machination.
According to the judgment delivered by Justice K. B Olawoyin of Ibadan High Court in a suit filed by the aggrieved section of the market and traders associations in Oyo State, the court has nullified the process that produced Alhaji Y.K Abass and warned him from parading himself as the Babaloja-General of the state.
Speaking with newsmen through the Southwest coordinator, Chief (Mrs.) Odunayo Kayode Danjuma who is also a member of Oyo State Market Advisory Board at an emergency meeting by the concerned elders and well attended by markets leaderships from the five Zones in the state in Ibadan, the traders described the court judgment as a victory for the state’s commerce.
Danjuma described purported action of Alhaji Y. K. Abass as “unethical and insult to over two million market men and women in Oyo State”, adding “it is shameful and a reflection of ignoble and degenerating society”.
She however, commended the Oyo State government, the judiciary, the media for their support and the traders across the length and breathe of the state for their orderly conduct during their struggle for justice.
She added that traders, market men and women from all the zones in the state along with our members from the 11 local governments in Ibadan have gathered at the House of Chiefs, Agodi in Ibadan in 2020 to dully elect Alhaji Sunmaila Aderemi Jimoh as the Babaloja-General of Oyo State, and “nothing has changed till this moment. He remains our authentic leader”.
Her words: “As you can see, not just representatives but Babaloja-Generals and Iyaloja-Generals from the five zones in Oyo state are here, we have market leaderships from Oke-Ogun, Babaloja-General, Alhaji Whaab Adebayo Elesin, Iyaloja-General Oke-Ogun, Alhaja Limota Whaab, Iyaloja-General Oyo Alaafin, Alhaja Khadijat Adepeju Bakare, Babaloja-General Ogbomosoland, Mr. Olusegun Akangbe Joseph, Iyaloja-General of Ogbomosoland, Alhaja Rafat Morenike Wahab, Babaloja-General of Ibarapaland, Elder Ayandeji Olusola and Iyaloja-General of Ibarapaland, who is also the Acting Iyaloja-General of Oyo State, Chief Mrs Justina Iyabode Ogundoyin”.
