The man was postponed to allegedly impersonated Igbooye Monarch, forging the sentence of the Supreme Court

A magistrate court of Lagos ordered the prisoner of a man, Musiliu Musa Awoga, also known as Ajingolo, for presumably impersonated the Orijeru of the Kingdom of Igbooye in Epe and for having created a judgment of the Supreme Court to support his claim on the traditional stool.

Awoga has been next to three other defendants-Alemilekan Awoga, Hassan Adophala and Moses Awoga-Con an accusation of 13 counts at the limit of falsification, imitation, violation of public peace and aggression of police officers. The government of the State of Lagos presented the accusations in front of the magistrate Capo Jimoh Adefioye at the Chief Magistrate Court in Oshodi, sitting at the Task Force office of the Lagos State.

According to the accusation led by Mr. Oa Adekunle, who appeared with Mrs. OmouUunte Airat, the defendants and still others in general they committed the crimes on June 14, 2025, in their residence in Eveo, Epe.

They are accused of having forged a sentence of the Supreme Court in the number of SC/CV/969/2020 causes, as well as manufacturing official documents with the headed paper of the development area of the local council of Eedo (LCDA) and the signature of its president, the Hon. Ismail AkinLoye.

The accusation reported to the Court that Musiliu Awoga erroneously assumed the identity of Oba Abdulrasak Musa, the recognized Orijeru of the Kingdom of Igbooye. Presumably it was also designed as “Awujale of ijebu-eeko”-a title unknown to the law-violation of section 34 of the Obas and Chiefs of the State of Lagos, 2015.

In support of the alleged imitation, according to Awoga reported a crown in relief and held a staff in office beads, he printed Stendardi who showed themselves in royal royalty and distributed invitation cards in which he described himself as “Oba-Elect, Orijeru of Igbooye, Awujale of Ijebu-eeko.”

All four defendants declared themselves not guilty of the accusations. Musiliu Awoga declared himself not guilty of 11 counts, while the other three defendants declared themselves not guilty of seven counts each.

Following their reason, the prosecutor informed the court that the direction of the judicial public (DPP) had requested the case for legal advice, since the investigations are still in progress. The accusation then urged the Court to postpone the defendants pending the outcome of the review of the DPP.

In his sentence, the head magistrate Adefioye granted the request for the accusation and ordered that the defendants were postponed under the custody of the Nigerian correction service (NCOS). The issue was updated to 8 September 2025, for mention and presentation of the DPP Council.

The case generated significant attention in the EPE community, in which residents expressed concern about the holiness of traditional institutions and the improper use of legal documents to claim traditional securities illegally.