Another Salamic Judgement must not be allowed in Ekiti. Ekiti Kete! Arise! Stop press! Occupy Justice Monisola Abodunde Now!!! PDP writes Ekiti Chief Judge over suits against Fayose’s candidature •Cites likelihood of bias against presiding judge, wants case transferred 1. The presiding Judge is Justice Monisola Abodunde. 2. The Husband of Justice Monisola Abodunde, Mr. Banji Abodunde is a member of E-11. Mr, Banji is also a board member of the management of Fountain Hotel owned by Ekiti State Management. Fountain Hotel is being managed by E-11. The group (E-11) has not paid a dime into the purse of Ekiti State government since 2009. E-11 has publicly declared Fayose a non-grata. 3. Mr. Adeniyi Ajakaiye and Mr. Olufemi Ajayi that instituted the case against Fayose are members of E-11. E-11 is actually sponsoring the case. 4. Bolu, the first Son of Justice Monisola Abodunde is working directly for Governor Fayemi, the candidate of APC. 5. Justice Monisola Abodunde has no jurisdiction over the matter. It is a matter against Fayose and INEC, a Federal Government Agency. The case be taking to a Federal High Court. The News Proper! THE national headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has petitioned the Chief Judge of Ekiti State, Justice Ayodeji Daramola, over the likelihood of bias in the suits brought against its candidate in the June 21 governorship in Ekiti State, Mr. Ayò Fayose. In the letter dated 30th May, 2014, and signed by its National Secretary, Professor Wale Oladipo, the PDP said suit with number HAD/51/2015 brought against the candidature of Fayose in the election by Mr. Adeniyi Ajakaiye and another one against the PDP by Citizens Popular Party (CPP) were assigned to Justice Monisola Abodunde, and asked the Chief Judge to transfer the cases. The PDP said: “in as much as we have implicit confidence in the judiciary to dispense justice according to the rule of law, we shall not however hesitate to an established convincing likelihood of bias on the part of the presiding judge in the above two political cases in which we are defendants.” The party said the suit against Fayose filed by Ajakaiye and Mr. Olufemi Ajayi was “instituted by members of E-Eleven, a socio-political group sympathetic to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State,” while “the case between CPP and two others versus the PDP and three others also before the same judge is the same in content and reliefs sought.” According to the party, “Mr. Banji Abodunde, the husband of Justice Abodunde, is a principal member of E-Eleven who are the processors, sponsors and the originators of the two cases,” and also claimed that “Mr. Abodunde is a consultant contractor to the ruling APC government and he is also on the management board of Fountain Hotel assigned to the E-Eleven to manage on behalf of the government.” The PDP also stated that the first son of Justice Abodunde “is working directly with Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the governorship candidate of APC,” and contended that “if our candidate is disqualified in the zero hours to the election, the APC ruling government that whose interests the E-Eleven are representing will be the obvious beneficiary.” While claiming that members of the E-Eleven was “already celebrating their ‘assured victory over these cases,” the PDP also alleged that “Justice Abodunde is reported to have sworn to assume jurisdiction over this matter which is clearly a case for the Federal High Court in view of the federal agency (INEC) involved in the matters and deliver judgement in record time before 21st of June, 2014.” The E-Eleven had in the suit sought to stop Fayose from contesting the June 21 governorship election in Ekiti State in the grounds that he was impeached in 2006 and that he swore to an affidavit denying that he was impeached. But Fayose said he was forced out of office based on “orchestrated charges and failed impeachment,” claiming that “in October 2006, Ekiti State Judiciary was manipulated by the State House of Assembly as it suspended the substantive Chief Judge, Justice Kayode Bamisile and appointed Justice Jide Aladejana as the acting Chief Judge.” Fayose noted that “not only was the appointment of Aladejana detested by the then Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman of NJC, Justice Alfa Belgore in a letter to Aladejana, but Aladejana was later dismissed by the NJC.” Copy Right: Nigerian Tribune!
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 01:52:46 +0000
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