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| Justice Olamide Oloyede |
The National Judicial Council has issued
a query over allegation of amorous scandal against a judge in the Osun
State judiciary, Justice
Olamide Oloyede, who initiated a petition
calling for the removal of the state Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola.
The NJC issued the query dated July 28,
2015 and with reference number, NJC/S.29/HC.OS/16/1/55, against Justice
Oloyede upon a petition by a mother of four, Mrs. Emily Richard-Obire,
who accused the judge of cohabiting with her (Richard-Obire’s) husband.
Oloyede came to prominence recently
after she submitted a petition to the Osun State House of Assembly
calling for the removal of Aregbesola on the grounds of his alleged
financial misappropriation.
But
Richard-Obire had stated in her petition dated July 13, 2015 that she
only “recently” discovered that the judge had been having an affair to
the detriment of her (Richard-Obire’s) matrimonial home since 2011.
The Chief Justice of Nigeria and
Chairman of the NJC, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, who personally signed the
query, directed Justice Oloyede to respond to the query within 14 days
of receiving it.
A copy of the query obtained by our
correspondent on Monday was issued to the judge through the Osun State
Chief Judge, Justice O.A Ojo.
It was entitled, ‘Re: Petition against
Justice Olamide Oloyede of the Osun State Judiciary’ and reads thus, “I
forward herewith a petition dated July 13, 2015 against you by one Mrs.
Emily Richard-Obire on the above subject matter. The petition speaks for
itself.
“I shall be glad to have your comments within 14 days from the date of your receipt of this letter.”
It could not be ascertained on Monday if Oloyede had responded to the query.
Richard-Obire alleged in her petition
that the judge’s relationship with her (the petitioner’s) husband was
threatening her 23-year-old marriage which had produced four children,
one of whom is suffering from autism and Down’s Syndrome.
In the petition addressed to Justice
Mohammed, the petitioner alleged that her husband, Mr. Richard Obire,
moved out of their matrimonial home in Lagos since 2011 and often
travelled to Osogbo, the Osun State capital to cohabit with the judge.
She said her husband and Justice Oloyode were both adherents to Grail Message and must have met in one of their meetings.
According to her, the relationship
between her husband and the judge had got to the extent that the judge’s
official car was now in permanent custody of Obire.
Urging the NJC to restrain Justice
Oloyede “from further acts of having an affair with my husband,”
Richard-Obire expressed fear that if something urgent is not done, the
judge might finally “snatch” her husband eventually and finally abdicate
his responsibilities.
The petition read in part, “I am afraid
that if something urgent is not done, Justice Oloyede may finally snatch
my husband and he may eventually and finally abdicate his
responsibilities. I have evidence to the effect that she has been
addressing my husband as her husband and also my husband addresses her
as ‘my beautiful wife’ knowing full well that there is subsistence of
marriage between us.
“I urge you to use your good offices to restrain Justice Olamide Oloyede from further acts of having an affair with my husband.”
Source: Punch Newspaper
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