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Peter Dada, Akure
The Office of the Ondo State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice on Thursday ordered for the discontinuation of the suit filed against Mr Olupelumi Fagboyegun pending at the Chief Magistrate Court.
Fagboyegun, who claimed to be a half-brother of the state Chief Judge, Justice Olanrewaju Akeredolu, in a viral video, accused the state CJ of remanding him without trial for three years, for going into his father’s house in Akure, the state capital.
But the judge said he had no hand in the detention of her purported half-brother, saying the matter was the handiwork of some persons who wanted to use Fagboyegun against her family. The state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, had ordered the state attorney-general to investigate the matter.
Lawsuit By Ondo Chief Justice Dropped Days After Victim Cried Out From Jail
According to Fagboyegun, he was arrested for forced entry into his father s house in Akure and was subsequently detained without trial.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Feb 19, 2021
The office of the Ondo State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice has ordered the discontinuation of the lawsuit filed by the Chief Judge, Olarenwaju Akeredolu, against Olupelumi Fagboyegun, a man claiming to be the latter s sibling.
Fagboyegun had earlier released a video claiming Akeredolu, his half-sister, was using her position to keep him in jail.
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu and Ondo State Chief Judge, Olarenwaju Akeredolu
Justice Samuel Bola terminated the suit after the warring parties agreed to an amicable position following evidence that the speaker and the House had complied with his earlier order to reinstate the four suspended lawmakers.
The court had earlier quashed the suspension of four lawmakers, Iroju Ogundeji, Favour Tomowewo, Adewinle Williams and Tomide Akinrinbido by their colleagues.
They were reinstated by the House on Monday though the contempt suit had already been instituted before the court against the speaker and three others.
Justice Bola commended efforts of the Ondo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Titiloye Charles in the amicable resolution of the crisis.