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Ekiti guber: Udom urges Ekiti people to vote Fayose’s deputy, Eleka

25th May 2018
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Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has urged the people in Ekiti State to vote for the standard bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prof. Kolapo Olusola Eleka, so that the good works of incumbent Governor Ayodele Fayose could continue.

This was just as Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen and Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, have called for  a virile and strong judicial arm for Nigeria’s democracy to grow and deliver on its mandate.

The governors and CJN made the remarks during the inauguration of a ultra modern Ekiti State Judiciary Complex built by Governor Fayose and named after the first Chief Judge of the State and Oluyin of Iyin Ekiti, Oba Ademola Ajakaiye .

Governor Udom, who rated Governor Fayose’s performance in Ekiti State as monumental when compared with the meagre resources accruing to the state from federation accounts, described the edifice as one of the best in the country and a clear statement that any governor can perform, even with meagre resources.

In the words of Governor Emmanuel, “What  Governor  Fayose has done had proved us right that when a governor is faithful with a meagre resources, he can perform wonder because this is not about money, but about ideas”.

“I urge all of you people of Ekiti to allow this good work to continue by voting for Prof. Olusola Kolapo Eleka who has leanrt greatly under his principal, Governor Fayose, as deouy governor, he said.

Onnoghen who described judiciary as the pivot of democracy, which should not be weakened by those in the executive arm, said attempt to render the arm impotent will boomerang and lead  Nigeria to dictatorship.

The CJN, who was represented by  a Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Olu Ariwoola, said all the arms of government must work hard for the entrenchment of the rule of law and ensure efficient and effective justice delivery in Nigeria.

He said: “The country judiciary must rise up and dispense justice without fear, favour or ill-feeling . Judges must give quality judgements and rise up to the challenge of  interpreting the laws of the land for the stability of our nation.

“In doing this, the executive arm must provide enabling environment for the judicial staff to discharge their  duties.

“When we are thinking of how to build democracy through effective justice delivery, the budget to the third but most dangerous judicial arm was falling thereby depriving it the needed facilities to function.

“We want to salute governor Ayodele Fayose for this feat and we appeal to other states of the federation to replicate this  kind of state-of-the-art facility in their domains to make our judicial staff comfortable in discharging their duties”.

Fayose  said the event of the recent past when judges were being muzzled by the All Progressives Congress-led federal government had created fear in the judiciary and make some Judges timid to give judgement against the government at the centre.

The Governor stated that judiciary as the bastion of the common man should resist  alleged desperate attempt  being contrived to cow it in the interest of the nation.

Fayose also made strong case for the establishment of a Customary Court of Appeal in Ekiti State and appointments of more Judges into the State judiciary by the National Judicial Council(NJC). “Judiciary as our hope and refuge must stand up for us. Don’t fear to give judgement . I said this when President Muhammadu Buhari came on board that this government will be vindictive. What they wanted is for judges to fabricate judgements in their favour and this must not happen if this democracy is to survive”.

Expressing serious opposition to dearth of Judges in Ekiti, Fayose said: “We have only eleven Judges in Ekiti judiciary out of which there was only one female. This is wrong and unacceptable to us.

“Some of our judges have retired and the NJC has failed to replace them. What have we done wrong? Is Ekiti no longer part of Nigeria?

What have we taken from them?  Don’t let our people think this was deliberate and political .

“We have good career men in our judiciary whose careers were being wasted away. Ekiti was being sidelined in the appointments of Judges and this was not fair enough”.

Fayose warned against politicization of the judicial arm, describing such tendency as dangerous to  Nigeria’s future.

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“Judges without political inclination should be made to preside over election petition tribunals. I have seen governors lobbying for judges to be given such position. Judiciary and opposition are the bedrock of democracy and once that are eroded, then all of us are endangered”.

On Ekiti election, the governor said the APC will meet a brick wall in its alleged plan to rig the July 14 governorship election in the state.

“I dare them to come and rig election in Ekiti, I dare INEC in particular. Let me say this, they will fail woefully the way they did in Anambra”, Fayose boasted.

Other Speakers at the event; Chief Judge of Ekiti, Justice Ayodeji Daramola, Chief Afe Babalola(SAN), Chief Makanjuola Esan (SAN), NBA Chairman, Ado branch, Mr. Gbemig Adaramola, Chief Mike Ozekhome(SAN), praised the governor for giving the judiciary needed impetus to perform.

 

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