With the statement credited to the Ekiti
State Governor-elect, Mr Ayodele Fayose,
as widely reported in the press last Friday,
it is possible he was complicit in the
desecration of the Temple of Justice and
physical assault on its Ministers and
Officials – that is, Judges, Lawyers and
Judiciary workers – by his supporters.
The invasion of courts in Ado-Ekiti by the
alleged thugs of Ayodele Fayose last
Wednesday and Thursday (Sept 24 and 25,
2014) ostensibly to stall his eligibility trial
has taken the country several notches
down in regard for the Rule of Law and
Constitutionalism. The infamy is worse
than the scandal of the seizure of $9.3m
belonging to Nigeria by South Africa
because the thuggery in Ekiti touched on
the very foundation of the Constitution and
soul of the nation.
Now that the Ekiti State Judiciary has been
shut down by thugs, as court proceedings
cannot be conducted except they are
appeased, I urge the plaintiffs to proceed to
the Supreme Court without delay and plead
that the apex court invoke its Original
Jurisdiction to try the matter, within the
context of Doctrine of Necessity.
The eligibility of Fayose to contest the
2014 governorship election is purely a law
issue. Was he impeached or not? Was his
impeachment overturned by any court in
Nigeria or not? Under what circumstance
is someone impeached eligible to contest
election? These are questions of law that
would get to the apex court in one way or
the other even if it had proceeded
peacefully from the lower court. The
Supreme Court should take notice of the
state of anomie in Ekiti as regards the
freedom of the courts to sit, invoke its
powers and try the case expeditiously.
If the petition is dismissed, Fayose must
be sworn in on October 16, 2014 as
Governor. If otherwise, the Speaker of the
Ekiti House of Assembly will be sworn in
and new governorship election conducted
within 90 days. The Judiciary as the
guardian of the Constitution must save this
country.

http://dailyindependentnig.com/2014/10/supreme-court-can-determine-fayoses-fate-october-16/