Pandemonium broke out this morning
at the Ekiti state High court after a judge, Justice John Adeyeye, was
allegedly beaten up by thugs believed to be loyal to Governor-elect, Ayo
Fayose, for allegedly being rude to him.
According to Premium Times, Fayose
arrived the court house in company of about twenty of his ‘supporters’ for the
Ekiti State Governorship Election petition tribunal which was to hold today.
The judge, seeing the number of
supporters that accompanied Fayose to the court house asked him to direct them
outside as they were not allowed inside the court premises. This is said to
have infuriated Fayose and his supporters…
From Premium Times
An enraged Mr. Fayose was said to have shouted the judge
down. Immediately, the thugs pounced on Justice Adeyeye, beat him up and tore
his clothes, while his co workers scampered and shouted for help. Following the
development, judicial workers hurriedly shut down the court premises thereby
preventing any court proceeding for hours before the police fired tear gas
canisters to disperse the surging crowd. Justice Adeyeye is presently receiving
treatment at a private hospital in Ado-Ekiti.
A similar scenario had played out on
Monday when suspected PDP thugs stormed the high court premises, attacked the
trial judge, some litigants and judicial workers in the bid to prevent hearing
in a case to determine Mr. Fayose’s eligibility for the June 21 governorship
election. Mr. Fayose could not be reached on Thursday morning. He did not
answer or return calls to his mobile telephone.
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