There was a lull within the Ekiti State Judiciary headquarters in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday following the dying of the state Chief Decide, Justice Oyewole Adeyeye.
Adeyeye, who was inaugurated because the Ekiti State Chief Decide on October 11, 2021, handed away on Monday on the age of 64.
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, additionally expressed condolences on Adeyeye’s demise.
Oyebanji, in a press release on Tuesday by his Particular Adviser on Media, Yinka Oyebode, described Adeyeye’s dying as “heartrending and a colossal loss for the state.”
The governor stated, “With the dying of the late Justice Adeyeye, the Judiciary in Ekiti State, specifically, and Nigeria on the whole, has misplaced an amazing pillar and an asset whose value is invaluable.”
Oyebanji described the late Chief Decide as a agency and forthright jurist who demonstrated an unwavering dedication to the rules of fairness and justice.
He famous that Adeyeye labored laborious for a vibrant and impartial Judiciary in his lifetime, which allowed that arm of presidency to contribute to good governance and the defence of the rights of residents.
The governor added that the late Justice Adeyeye did his finest in advocating higher welfare for judicial officers and employees members of the Ekiti State Judiciary to make sure efficient service supply and the graceful operating of the justice sector.
He acknowledged, “That is certainly an amazing loss to our expensive state. On behalf of the federal government and folks of Ekiti State, I commiserate with the household of the late Hon. Justice Adeyeye and pray that the nice Lord will console and luxury them, and grant the expensive departed everlasting relaxation.”
The Chief Registrar of the Ekiti State Judiciary, Olanike Adegoke, described the late Chief Decide as “a revered jurist who devoted his life to upholding the rules of equity, fairness, and justice.”
Adegoke, in a press release on Tuesday by the Public Relations Officer of the state Judiciary, Michael Oba, acknowledged that the late Chief Decide’s “contribution to the event of the Judiciary and Ekiti State at giant is immeasurable, and his legacy will likely be deeply missed.”
Additionally, the speedy previous Lawyer-Basic and Commissioner for Justice of Ekiti State, Olawale Fapohunda SAN, expressed unhappiness over the Chief Decide’s “premature dying.”
Fapohunda stated the Chief Decide’s dying “is one in every of life’s merciless ironies that solely a short time in the past, we had been celebrating his restoration from the accidents he sustained when a bit of the state excessive court docket advanced collapsed on him in his workplace in mid-2023. Now, shortly thereafter, we’re mourning his passing.
“It appears inexplicable, however to the devoted, we’re left to recollect the profundity of the opening eight verses of chapter three of Ecclesiastes and settle for the windfall of a sovereign God.
“These of us who knew Justice Adeyeye will bear in mind his quiet dignity, his temperate disposition, and his humility in sporting the privilege and energy of excessive judicial workplace with out ever succumbing to pomposity or conceitedness.
“Might God bless John Oyewole Adeyeye, and will God bless Ekiti State, which he served so effectively,” Fapohunda stated.
The late Chief Decide, who was born in 1960 in Araromi Ugbesi, Ekiti East Native Authorities Space, began his authorized profession after being referred to as to the Nigerian Bar in 1986.
He escaped dying by the whisker in July 2023 when a bit of the state excessive court docket advanced reportedly collapsed on him whereas he was within the workplace.
Adeyeye, who was flown abroad for medical consideration, had since returned to his desk earlier than his dying on Monday, which the Chief Registrar stated occurred throughout “a quick sickness.”