An Ogun State High Court sitting in Ijebu-Ode has declined an application for interim injunction filed by an aspirant to the Awujale of Ijebuland stool, Otunba Wasiu Olasunkanmi Ayinde Adesanya Marshall.

The ruling was delivered on Monday by Justice A. A. Omoniyi of High Court 3, Ijebu-Ode Judicial Division, who held that the application lacked merit and therefore refused to grant the requested relief.

Marshall had approached the court seeking an order to restrain the Ogun State Government and other respondents from taking further steps in the selection process of the next Awujale of Ijebuland, pending the determination of his substantive suit.

Despite rejecting the interim injunction, Justice Omoniyi ordered an accelerated hearing of the case in the interest of justice and fixed January 14, 2026, for the commencement of proceedings.

The applicant is challenging the Awujale succession process, alleging violations of the Ogun State Chieftaincy Law as well as a breach of his constitutional right to fair hearing.