Igbaja community will soon get resident judge, Kwara CJ assures

THE Chief Judge of Kwara State, Justice Abiodun Adebara, has assured people of Igbaja in Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state that a competent resident judge will be posted to Igbaja judicial division as soon as the National Judicial Council (NJC) gives approval to the request of the community.

Speaking when he led some judicial officials from the state judiciary, including the state Chief Registrar, Mrs. Ibijoke Olawoyin to the Division, Justice Adebara urged the people of Igbaja community to ensure that they provide befitting court rooms, judge’s chambers and quarters for the judge and adequate security when the judge is eventually posted.

According to him, a judge was initially posted to the Igbaja division but later withdrawn sometimes in 2012 due to unsuitable logistics.

Justice Adebara said the court has to be resuscitated so as to bring it back to the standard of today’s high court.

He commended the Elese of Igbajaland, Alhaji Ahmed Babalola Awuni, the Jagunmolu of Igbajaland, Alhaji AbdulRaheem Oladimeji; Chief Peter Olorunishola, among other chiefs and citizens of the community for their efforts to reposition the community and for ensuring that justice is brought to the grassroots.

Justice Adebara appreciated the former Chief Judge of the state, Justice Fola Gbadeyan, who he described as his mentor for his foresight in siting the high court complex at Igbaja which he inaugurated on July 9, 2009 when he was the chief judge.

In his remarks, Justice Gbadeyan commended Justice Adebara and urged the people of Igbaja community to ensure that they upgrade the Igbaja High Court to a modern standard and provide adequate comfort for resident judge that would be posted.

He described Alhaji AbdulRaheem Oladimeji as a community leader who has the love of his community at heart.

According to him, he is the first judge in Nigeria to serve for 30 years uninterrupted in the high court and stressed the need for judicial officials to uphold the rule of law at all times.

Justice Gbadeyan commended the forthrightness of the present chief judge of the state and urged him to continue to be up and doing in his judicial assignments.

In his remarks, the Jagunmolu of Igbajaland and Aragundade of Lagos, Alhaji AbdulRaheem Oladimeji, commended the state chief judge for coming to the aid of the community by resuscitating the Igbaja division of the high court and promised that the community will do everything within the reach to upgrade the court to an enviable standard.

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