Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has approved the suspension of the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Adepele Ojo pending the investigation of allegations of misconduct, abuse of power, corruption and disregard for rule of law levelled against her by the House of Assembly.
This was made known in a statement made available to the press by the spokesperson to the Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed.
It read ”In the resolution of the Osun Assembly on November16, 2023, the house resolved that the executive should be informed of the house resolution and that the next in order of seniority to Justice Adepele Ojo be sworn-in immediately to avoid any vacuum in the third arm of government.
“Having received various petitions against the Chief Judge of Osun State bothering on gross misconducts, abuse of office, corruption and lack of respect for due process and rule of law, this Honourable House, in performance of its oversight function and exercise of its investigative powers vested by the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended) hereby resolved as follows:
“That the Committee on Judiciary, Public Petitions and Legal Matters investigate the petitions against the Chief Judge of Osun State, Justice Adepele Ojo, by inviting the Chief Judge and report to the House within seven days from today.
“That pending the outcome of the investigation, the Chief Judge Adepele Ojo should step aside, not for any disciplinary action, but to allow for proper investigation of the allegations
“That while she steps aside pending the investigation, the Executive Governor should immediately swear-in the next judge in order of seniority as the Acting Chief Judge of Osun State.
“The Executive should immediately notify the National Judicial Council and the State Judicial Service Commission of the resolutions of this House immediately for their awareness.
“That the Clerk of this House should forward the resolutions of this House to the Executive, the National Judicial Council and the State Judicial Service Commission”.
