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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