Edo High Court sacks Sado as Okuokpellagbe of Okpella, reinstate dethroned Lukeman

An Edo High Court sitting successful Fugar, successful Etsako Central Local Government Area of the state, has sacked Engr. Michael Eshiorenoya Sado arsenic the Okuokpella of Okpella Kingdom and reinstated the dethroned Engr. Lukeman Oghehemhimhe Akemokhue arsenic the rightful accepted ruler of the kingdom.

DAILY POST reports that Justice O.A. Otamere sacked the accepted ruler connected Thursday, March 26, 2026, successful Suit No. HAG/12/2025 brought earlier it by Engr. Lukeman Oghehemhimhe Akemokhue, the dethroned Okuokpellagbe of the Okpella Kingdom.

The defendants successful the suit are Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State; the State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice; and the State Commissioner for Local Government, Community and Chieftaincy Affairs.

Others are the Etsako East Traditional Council, High Chief Ayuba Acheku, and Michael Eshiorenoya Olorunfemi Sado.

In its judgment, the tribunal averred that Engr. Lukeman Oghehemhimhe Akemokhue was not fixed a just proceeding earlier helium was dethroned arsenic Okuokpellagbe of the Okpella Kingdom by Governor Monday Okpebholo connected April 30, 2025.

The tribunal opined that the authorities gove...