Follow Us on Google
By Kehinde Aderemi
The Olojo Kosoko Ruling House of Lagos has accused certain individuals of using police officers to intimidate family members and enforce an unlawful siege on the Oloja of Lagos Palace, despite a subsisting court order directing parties to maintain the status quo.
In a statement signed by the Head of the ruling house, Prince Surajudeen Abiodun Olojo-Kosoko, and its Secretary, Prince Theophilus Olojo-Kosoko, the family alleged that the actions were orchestrated by some individuals in an alleged defiance of a July 7, 2026, ruling by the Lagos State High Court.
According to the statement, Justice Oresanya had ordered all parties in the chieftaincy dispute over the Oloja of Lagos stool to maintain the status quo ante bellum pending the determination of the substantive suit.
The ruling house alleged that despite the order, police officers deployed to the palace were preventing family members and legitimate visitors from gaining access, while protecting suspected thugs.
It also claimed that Prince Abiola Olojo-Kosoko, the Oloja of Lagos-elect, and other family members
Other News
had received police invitation letters instigated by the same individuals.
“The palace is currently under siege, and this direct violation of a court order is a recipe for a breakdown of law and order on Lagos Island," Prince Surajudeen said.
He urged the police to remain neutral in a civil chieftaincy dispute already before the court.
The family described the actions as contempt of court, abuse of police powers, and a violation of their constitutional rights.
It called on the Lagos State Police Command to immediately withdraw officers from the palace, investigate the invitations, and reject false petitions. The ruling house has forwarded certified true copies of the court order to the Commissioner of Police, the Inspector-General of Police, the Lagos State Attorney-General, and the Oba of Lagos, appealing for urgent intervention to uphold the rule of law.
