NJC directs Cheif Judge to reopen courts in Ekiti state

The National Judicial Council has directed the Chief Judge of Ekiti State, Justice Ayodele Daramola, to announce the re-opening of the courts in the state following the crisis that rocked the state judiciary on September 22 and 25.

A source, who attended the meeting disclosed to our correspondent on Thursday, that the crisis in the Ekiti State judiciary was part of the issues deliberated upon by the NJC at the opening of its periodical meetings on Monday.

The meeting , which was presided by its Chairman, who is also the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloma Mukhtar, is to continue and end on Tuesday.

“The Ekiti Chief Judge was in attendance. But the major crisis in the state has been deliberated upon at the emergency meeting of the council on October 2. So the council asked the CJ to go ahead and announce the reopening of the courts,” the source said.

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