Lagos High Court schedules January 19, 2026, for hearing in Onikoyi royal family suit challenging the appointment of Oba Kunle Fafunwa

A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has scheduled January 19, 2026, for the hearing of a suit filed by members of the Onikoyi royal family challenging the appointment and installation of Prince Kunle Fafunwa as the Oba Onikoyi of Ikoyi and Moba land.

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Justice O. A. Oresanya fixed the date following the mention of the case and for further hearing and determination of pending applications.

The claimants, represented by Jimoh Lasisi (SAN) and former Lagos Attorney-General Adeniji Kazeem (SAN), filed the suit on behalf of the Onikoyi Chieftaincy family.

The suit names the Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, the Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Rural Development, Eti-Osa Local Government, and Prince Kunle Fafunwa as defendants. Wale Adesokan (SAN) appeared for the fourth defendant.

The claimants, including Otunba Abdul Ganiyi Kolawole Onikoyi, Prince Akinola Oyeniyi Fafunwa, Prince Abdul Waliu Omogbolahan Sulaimon, and other family members, argue that Fafunwa’s selection, approval, and installation were illegal, null, and void.

They contend the process contravened the Onikoyi Chieftaincy Declaration of 2006 and the Obas and Chiefs Law of Lagos State, which governs succession to the Onikoyi stool.

Through their counsel, Mr Ademola Ekundayo of Hill City Associates, Ikeja, the claimants are seeking declaratory and injunctive reliefs.

They want the court to set aside Fafunwa’s appointment, restrain him from parading himself as Oba Onikoyi, and direct the Lagos State Government to confirm and install Prince Abdul Waliu Omogbolahan Sulaimon as the rightful monarch.

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Justice Oresanya has adjourned the matter to January 19, 2026, for further proceedings.