The Opesha Royal family and the entire Mowo Community in Badagry, Lagos, have dragged the state government to court for appointing one Dagbeyon Abidemi Padonu, as the Baale of Mowo community.
They alleged that Dagbeyon Abidemi (aka Kolawole Samuel Talabi) was not an indigene of the community and, therefore, lacked the basic qualification to be selected for the stool.
Consequently, the Opesha family, through their Lawyer, Chief Orisalade Adetunji Taiwo, has asked the court in Suit No: BD/4748/GCMW/2018, before the High Court of Lagos, to declare the appointment of Dagbeyon (6th defendant) as Baale of Mowo, “null, void and lacking genuine historical basis.”
The family noted that its opposition to the letter from the Office of the Governor of Lagos State, dated 9th January, 2018, affirming Dagbeyon’s choice and declaring him as Baale, was illegal and unlawful on the basis of his “non-membership of the Opesha Ruling House.”
