APC insists Fayose be arrested, prosecuted for attack on Judge

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has reiterated its earlier call for the arrest and prosecution of the Ekiti State Governor-elect Ayodele Fayose for leading a band of thugs to attack Justice Adeyeye on the premises of the State High Court on Sept. 25th, warning that failure to act decisively now would spell danger for Judges and the nation's democracy.

In a statement issued in London on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the issue of the security of Judges and the unfettered administrative of justice transcends politics, hence no politician, no matter his status, must be allowed to go scot-free after attacking Judges

It said any delay in taking action will see Fayose assume office, meaning he can no longer be arrested and prosecuted for what is an egregious contempt of court.

"Now that the Chief Judge of Ekiti has confirmed, in a petition to the National Judicial Council (NJC), that Fayose was complicit in the attack, the NJC should treat the issue expeditiously by taking a decisive action that will make it very costly for anyone to ever attack a Judge again. The need to act is urgent so that no Judge gets killed simply because some powerful personality does not like his or her ruling. 

"Had the relevant authorities acted with dispatch when another court in the same state was invaded by pro-Fayose thugs earlier the same week, the attack on Justice Adeyeye would have been averted."