A group, the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) has petitioned the Ogun State Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Olatokunbo Olapode, CON, accusing the defendants in a suit no: HCL/31/2016, of planning to bribe the presiding Judge, Justice S.M. Owodunni of the Ipokia High Court division with sum of #13million to pervert the
course of justice, saying the defendants action were the Law of the land as stipulated in section 15(5) of the amended 1999 Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The group however alleged that Mr. Titus Babajide (a.ka.-Oppressor), Mr. Michael Adkekanbi Akinola(a.k.a.-Aro),Mr. Fatai Isiaka, Mr. Ayo Akinola, ACP Samuel Titus and host of others were in connection with
this alleged bribery scandal as they were caught on Wednesday 5th April,2017 around 3.47pm at Ajibola Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited in Ogosha ,Ajegunle area, Ogun State in a meeting held for four hours where they concluded arrangement to bribe the presiding Judge in Chieftaincy case between Prince Emmanuel Olabimtan &ors and Chief Oke Adeyeye in respect of Ihunbo Chieftaincy declaration of 1956 where order of rotation were spelt out.
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Meanwhile, investigation had revealed that the security personnel have been drafted to the Ihunbo community area on Monday ahead of Thursday ruling of the Court in order to forestall any breaking down of law and order in the ancient town.
This was contained in a Petition Letter dated 19th April, 2017 and forwarded to the Chief Judge of the State and Speaker of the State House of Assembly, which a copy was made available to Journalists on Monday, declared that some suspected notorious criminals in support of Chief Adeyeye through their Lawyer,Mr Gbeke Laditan had argued for the striking out the case, while the Plaintiff/Agbotejoye through their lawyer, Barrister Adebayo Ayodele claimed that the next ruling house as stipulated in the 1956 Ihunbo Chieftaincy Declaration should be allowed to produce the monarch of the ancient town .
While appreciating the effort of Chief Judge of Ogun State in sanitizing the judicial system of the State from illegality, frivolity and corruption, the rights group insisted that some bad elements, particularly, the aforementioned criminals in the area, were trying to systematically bribe the presiding Judge on the matter to subvert the
course of Justice in a suit No: HCL/31/2016, insiting that the justice should be done on the case before Justice Owodunni of Ipokia High Court of Justice as justice should be for all the parties in any matter.
According to the CHRSJ, “Before the adjournment date of Thursday 27th April, 2017.In order to rule in their favour or to absolutely strike out the matter, which the sum of N12million to N13million had been earmarked for the project before the purported travel out of the country by Mr. Babajide Titus the leader of the terror gang on Friday
7th April, 2017 to evade the arrest of security agent over burnt of Ihunbo ancient palace. They are planning to lure the presiding Judge through the defendant counsel to pervert the course of justice on the case”.
The Petition read in part, “As we proceeded in the course of our investigation, we were reliably informed from impeccable sources that a lot of people have suffered similar fate in the hand of these aforementioned suspected people, defendants and their cohorts ,most especially in the hand of Mr. Titus Babajide(a.k.a. Oppressor) in
anytime that they have Police or Court matter with anybody in Ogun State and Nigeria in general, he has been using influenced to subvert the cause of justice which is against the law of the land.
“This makes us to believe that Mr. Titus Babajide and his co-travelers could involve in this alleged bribery scandal and this confirmed by the criminal case dated Wednesday 23rd March, 2011 which involved Fatai Isiaka,Sanu Adenle and Fase family and as well the case of November 2011 to July 2012 when he allegedly killed one Late Rasaki
Alapinni at Iyana-Agosasa,Idiroko Town in connection with one Mr. Sikiru Olaigbe,a Chairman of National Union of Road Transport ,Idiroko branch by criminally took over the post of Late Alapinni after claiming his life illegally and untimely and then took huge amount of money through the back- door to the Police, Department of State
Security(DSS) and Magistrate/Judge that handled those matters before they were satanically free from these case but we believe they would not escape the God’s judgment with their collaborators in crime”.
The group therefore wants the Presiding judge to treat the matter with the full rigour of the law without fear or favour in order not to allow anybody to circumscribe and scrimmage the sagacious and sagacity of the true justice, truth, fairness and rule of law.
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