The Obaship tussle rocking the ancient Yoruba town of  Ila-Orangun in Ila Local Government Area of Osun state is taking another dimension  as an High Court sitting in Osogbo has ordered the traditional ruler of the town, Prince Wahab Kayode Oyedotun,Bibire 1 to vacate the throne or risk being jailed for contempt of court.
In an order contained in suit number HLR/4/2004 of form 48 of an Osun state High Court  and dated 19th July, 2010,Prince Oyedotun was warned against the continuous occupancy of the stool of Orangun, or “be guilty of contempt of court and will be liable to be committed to prison.”
Titled “Notice of Consequences of Disobedience to Order of Court”, the court ordered Bibire, the Osun state government, the state Governor, the Attorney General of the state and the Commissioner for Local Government, Community Development and Chieftaincy Affairs to comply with the judgment of the court 
delivered on 16th April, 2010 or be guilty of contempt of court.
An Osun State High Court presided over by Justice R A Siyanbola had on the 16th 
April, 2010 nullified the selection and appointment of Bibire as the traditional ruler of Ila-Orangun and declared the seat of Orangun vacant. The court also ordered the Osun state Government and the state Governor to stop 
The court ruled that “it is hereby declared that the purported selection and appointment by the kingmakers and the purported approval by the Osun state Governor are null and void and of no effect, same having not complied with 
chieftaincy declaration of 1979, which is regulating the selection and appointment recognizing Bibire as the Orangun of Ila-Orangun of the Orangun of Ila-Orangun and having not complied with the directives of the state government.”
The court also granted an order restraining Bibire from parading himself as the Orangun of Ila-Orangun and set aside the purported selection and appointment of Bibire as the Orangun of Ila-Orangun.
But in flagrance disobedience of the court order, Bibire has continued to occupy the throne of Orangun, three months after the judgment was delivered. 
The state government and the Attorney General of the state have also continued to give proper recognition to the first class monarch who is also a Deputy Chairman of the state Council of traditional rulers and chiefs.
He had on several occasions acted in the capacity of a traditional ruler and presided over meetings of Orangun in council. Bibire had also continued to occupy the palace of the Orangun of Ila-Orangun and enjoy all the privileges and benefits accrued to the stool.
It was however not certain whether the monarch had appealed against the judgment, but the state government had through the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Niyi Owolade filed a notice of appeal before the 
state High Court of Justice.  
The Chieftaincy crisis began in the town in 2003, when the kingmakers announced the selection of Oyedotun Bibire as the Orangun of Ila and was installed few days before the expiration of the tenure of the former Governor of the state, Chief Adebisi Akande who is the Asiwaju of Ila-Orangun. It was alleged that Akande influenced the selection of Bibire being his close associate and ensured that he got coronated before he left office in May 29, 2003.
However, a Prince of Ila-Orangun and one of the contestants into the Orangun stool, Adekunle Ogunmuyiwa challenged the selection and appointment of Bibire by the kingmakers before an Osogbo High court and for six years the case was before the court. 
The judgment was delivered on the case instituted in April, 2004 on the 16th of April, 2010 and the development threw the ancient town of Ila-Orangun into deep tension and pandemonium. A serious crisis which followed the judgment was eventually curtailed by the intervention of the state Governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola who appealed to all concerned parties in the matter during a visit to the town.
The history of the town showed that two traditional rulers had been deposed in the town before Bibire. They were Oba Adeyemi and Orangun Oboyun. The two traditional were deposed for disobedience to the culture and tradition of the town.
Although the monarch could not be seen for comment as he was not available when Our Correspondent visited the palace last week, a close associate of the monarch said the traditional ruler had appealed against the judgment and was ready to challenge the judgment to the Supreme Court.