According to reports reaching oyogist.com, Justice Yetunde Adesanya of Lagos High Court sitting at the TBS has affirmed Oba Israel Adewale Okoya as the bonafide Onibereko of Ibereko.
Ibreko is a community in Badagry Local Government Area of Lagos State.
The judge while Delivering a 103-page judgement in a suit filed by 26 claimants from the community seeking to challenge the king of ibreko’s position, ruled that Okoya was duly installed as Onibereko as gazetted by the Lagos State Government.
The Judge declared that the king and his cabinet were the custodians of the communal land in accordance with the tradition of the people.
Adesanya ruled that the traditional cabinet must, however, consist of representatives of the community duly nominated by the people.
