The Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State has accused the State Chief Judge, Justice Ayodeji Daramola, of supporting the All Progressives Congress in its attempt to stall the inauguration of the Governor-elect, Mr. Ayodele Fayose.
Justice Daramola in a September 26 petition addressed to the National Judicial Council accused Fayose and the police of complicity in the attack on judges and court workers in the state.
He accused the Governor-elect of leading a large number of thugs who disrupted court proceedings, beat up judges and court workers, and also tore court records.
In a statement by its State Publicity Secretary, Kola Oluwawole, on Wednesday, the PDP said, “The Chief Judge must face the truth and stop being bias in the interest of the sanctity of the judiciary.”
It accused the CJ of shutting down courts in the state to achieve a pre-determined political agenda.
The party maintained that a through probe of the Ekiti judicial crisis should be carried out with a view to bringing those found culpable to book.
Oluwawole, who said fracas during court proceedings was not new in Nigeria, especially in political cases, cited instances of the Election Tribunal sittings in Ondo State that was disrupted on March 18, 2013, when supporters of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria and Labour Party clashed in which four persons were severely injured.
He recalled that on January 23, 2012, supporters of PDP and ACN clashed at the premises of the governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Lokoja, Kogi State, with one person shot and three others injured. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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"fracas during court proceedings is not new in nigeria", Oluwawole. the question is, when shall we stop acting so primitively? Shall we ever join the league of civilized nations or are we going to keep acting like fools all our lives. You are beating up court judges, tearing their clothes, etc. When shall we embrace civilization, that is my question. Everything, thuggery, thuggery, thuggery; everyday, corruption, corruption, corruption. When shall civilization arrive for us?
ReplyDeleteThe same CJ will swear Fayose in soon.Perhaps he will resign thereafter because Fasoye will take his own pound of flesh. Meanwhile, Fayose is just borrowing from Amaechi's script in Rivers State.
ReplyDeleteSo PDP did not see anything wrong with what happened in Ekiti State High Court. Everything is not politics, we are in trouble in Nigeria. If some people can see nothing wrong with what happened in Ekiti State High Court and accusing someone of being bias has shown that they party really send those thugs.
ReplyDeleteLet us allow peace to reign. Ekitis must back the governor-elect and not to foment trouble.It is only PDP who can question the eligibility of its candidate and not a group.
ReplyDeletei am not from ekiti but the present going-ons there portend evil and the re-enactment of the wild wild west. we should allow sleeping dog to lie and peace to prevail as ekiti transits from democracy to democracy.
ReplyDeletethe ekitis spoke through the election of mr ayo fayose and that mandate shouldnt be truncated.