Ekiti CJ shut courts over legal crisis
(Nigeria )
All courts in Ekiti State have been shut down indefinitely on the orders
of the state Chief Judge, Justice Ayo Daramola, reports NAN .
The Chief Registrar of the state judiciary, Mr Obafemi
Fasanmi, stated this in a statement in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday.
Fasanmi said the decision was taken as a result of series of
attacks launched on the court premises by hoodlums since Monday which, he said,
had continued unabated.
He said the action of
the chief judge had become necessary in order to protect the lives of judges
and other judicial officers who were being harassed and man-handled by thugs on
a daily basis.
The chief registrar said that a new date for the reopening
of the courts would be announced later.
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