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.