Afe Babalola to Kwara governor: You lack power to review supreme court judgement on Offa, Erin-Ile land dispute

Afe Babalola, founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, has advised Abdurahman AbdulRazaq, governor of Kwara state, not to review the supreme court judgement on the Offa/Erin-Ile land dispute — saying he lacks such power.

In December 2018, the supreme court ruled a land dispute in Erinle’s favour, but Offa indigenes disagreed with the judgment at the time.

The governor had recently inaugurated a high-powered committee of statesmen and diplomats to resolve the longstanding Erin-Ile and Offa crisis in the state.

Speaking on Saturday with delegates from Erin-Ile, Babalola said he has been part of the case since 1971, adding that the people Erin-Ile, who are his clients won the case.

“I was the one who handled the matter in 1971 before Justice Funsho Daramola Panel of Inquiry and we won.

“Later, the Supreme Court, the highest judicial body in the land, gave favourable judgement to Erin-Ile on the same matter in 1973. ”

“Nobody, no matter how highly placed, can review what the Supreme Court had said. That can’t happen.

“I am personally interested in this case because I handled the case ab initio and by practice and convention, I am part and parcel of Erin-Ile community.”