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TABAI, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): In the writ of summons issued out of the Ile-Ife Judicial Division of the High Court of the then Oyo State on the 25/11/87. The plaintiffs/appellants claimed the following reliefs:
"1. A declaration that the purported inclusion of Aketula House in the Akire of Ikire Chieftaincy Declaration 1958 as a separate and distinct ruling house is erroneous in law and in breach of Ikire Customary law and tradition and therefore null and void and of no effect.
2. A declaration that the recommendation of Mr. B.A. Obasa's Public Inquiry into Akire of Ikire Chieftaincy Title in 1976 as regards to:-
(a) The number and identity of ruling house;
(b.) The order of rotation;
(c) The number and identity of kingmakers represents the true traditional and correct customary position of the Akire of Ikire Ruling House.
3. A further declaration that the plaintiff's ruling house 'Ladekan' is the next entitled and eligible to provide a suitable candidate for the nā¦