Court of Appeal Reaffirms Awe Community’s Ownership, Dismisses Elepe of Iseke’s Land Claims Again
COURT OF APPEAL AFFIRMS OWNERSHIP OF DISPUTED LAND TO AWE COMMUNITY; DISMISSES ELEPE OF ISEKE’S CLAIMS The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan has delivered a final and binding judgment in a long-standing land dispute, definitively ruling in favor of His Royal Majesty, Oba Cornelius Abiola Taiwo, the Alaawe of Awe, and the entire Awe Community. The ruling dismisses the ownership claims of Chief Adeniyi Adebayo, the Elepe of Iseke, Iseke-Oyo. In a unanimous decision on Appeal No. CA/IB/236/2017, the appellate court reaffirmed its earlier judgment from October 18, 2022, thereby upholding the rights of the Awe Community over the vast expanse of land in question. This includes Ijado farmland, Ijefon and its environs, which borders Akinmoorin, Jobele, Fiditi, and Iware, up to Kiyeseni. According to a certified true copy of the judgment received by Oba Cornelius Abiola on February 2nd, 2026, the court dismissed the appeal filed by Chief Adeniyi Adebayo. The ruling quashed the attem...