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Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun State (CSCEO),
has described the National Judicial Commission (NJC) involvement in the
marital matter of Justice Folahanmi Oloyede as unfortunate and shocking.
It would be recalled that Mrs. Emily Richard-Obire had sent a
petition to NJC, claiming that Justice Oloyede snatched her husband.
The group, in a statement, expressed displeasure that the Chairman of
the judicial body, who is also the Chief Justice of the Federation
(CJN), Justice Mahmud Mohammed, treated the petition in the first
instance.
The statement made available in Osogbo on Tuesday, was signed by
CSCEO Chairman and Director of Mobilisation, Comrade Adeniyi Sulaiman
and Rev. Theophilus Ayodeji respectively.
The group said going by the query dated July 28, 2015 to Justice
Oloyede, it appeared that the NJC was falling into the antics of
politicians by turning the NJC into a customary court where marital
issues are being settled.
It added, “Is it not an irony that several serious issues and many
petitions bordering on judicial misconducts against many judges across
the country are before the NJC unattended to, yet, the NJC had all the
time to intervene in a marital matter of Justice Oloyede.
“Justice Oloyede has the right to love and marry whoever she wants
under the law and has the right to practice her religion without any
hindrance. We wonder how many family matters NJC will need to settle
among several judges in the federation.”
The group further alleged that the petition was a tactics by Governor
Rauf Aregbesola to punish the judge for exposing misappropriation in
Osun State.
Recall that Oloyede had earlier written a petition to Osun House of
Assembly alleging Governor Aregbesola of corruption and
misappropriation.
The group said, “If this matter had been on with Justice Oloyede
since 2011 as claimed by Mrs Emily Obire, why was she coming out now in
2015 to send a petition to the NJC and at a time she was fighting this
battle with Mr. Rauf Aregbesola?
“We understand the diversionary tactics of Aregbesola and his cronies
over the weighty evidences of corruption presented the by this erudite
judge against the governor. But for NJC to have fallen into this trap
beats our imagination as coalition of civil societies.”
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