Don’t pervert justice, Fayose charges judges

Ekiti‎ State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has admonished judges and others working in the temple of justice not to pervert justice or allow themselves to be intimidated to giver wrong rulings or judgments.
The governor, who stated this when magistrates in the state paid him a courtesy call in his office, noted that whatever is done on earth will be subjected to scrutiny by God.
In a statement in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Mr Idowu Adelusi, the governor said those having the power of life and death should be conscientious enough to know that a day of accountability would come.
‎”The positions we occupy today whether as governor or magistrate is temporary and we have an account to give. It is important that we fear God.‎ We must not bow to pressure and do the wrong thing. Your actions and inactions as magistrates are more important than your welfare.‎
“I want to draw your attention to something sinister that is going on in the judiciary, I read in the papers that some people in authority now go and dig into the financial papers of judges and use that to subtly blackmail them to give rulings and judgments their ways.
“You have the power of life and death, please do the right things‎. Don’t make yourself tools in the hand of the devil. Some have compromised because they have made themselves tools in the hand of the devil,” he stated.
On the requests made by the magistrates, th‎e governor said they would be looked into within available resources.
He added that the state government would soon provide a befitting accommodation for the judiciary.
Earlier, the leader of the group, Magistrate Adesoji Adegboye, called on the government to implement the Magistrate Court Law and see to the setting up of the Judicial Training Institute among others.
He said court rooms and offices of magistrates had become dilapidated and that they lacked necessary tools.