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UWAIS, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The facts of this case are inextricably interwoven with those of Adigun and 2 Ors. v. The Attorney-General of Oyo State and 18 Ors., (1987) 1 NWLR (Pt. 53) 678 and Adigun and 2 Ors. v. The Attorney-General /of Oyo State and 18 Ors. (No.2), (1987) 2 NWLR (Pt. 56) 197; both of which were decided by this court as a full court, (Obaseki, Eso, Nnamani, Coker, Karibi-Whyte, Kawu and Oputa, J.J.S.C.): The narration of the facts may be follows.
By the Iwo Local Government (Appointment of Chieftaincy Committee) Order, 1978, Oyo State Legal Notice No. 30 of 1978, members of the Chieftaincy Committee of Iwo Local Government were appointed with effect from the 3rd day of May, 1978. The Committee which was vested with the powers to discharge the duties conferred on such a committee by the Chiefs Law, Cap. 19 of the Laws of Western Nigeria, 1959 (now Cap. 21 of the Laws of Oyo State, 1978, applicable to Osun State), consisted of the holders of the fo…