Ekiti Chief Judge, Adeyeye, Dies After Office Wall Collapsed On Him

By Ayodele Oni

Ekiti State Judiciary is in mourning mood as news filtered in early Tuesday about the death of the Chief Judge, Hon Justice Oyewole Adeyeye.

Sources within the third arm of government in Ado Ekiti, confirmed the incident.

According to a source, Justice Adeyeye died in the early hours of Tuesday after over-a-year of absence from duty post.

Investigation reveals that Justice Adeleye has been indisposed since July 12, 2023 following serious injury he sustained when a section of the state high court complex wall collapsed on him in his office, in Ado Ekiti.

Though no official statement has been issued to announce his death, but the association of International Female Lawyer (FIDA) in the state has sent condolences to the family.

The condolences message read: “With deep sorrow in our hearts and in total submission to the will of God, FIDA Ekiti consoles with the family of the Chief Judge of Ekiti State, Hon Justice Oyewole Adeyeye on his call to glory.

“May He find rest with his maker. I pray that God grants the family, the Judiciary and the people of Ekiti State, the grace to bear this irreparable loss. Adieu great one”

Justice Adeleye was born 1960 in Araromi Ugbesi in Ekiti East Local Government of Ekiti State and was called to bar in 1986.

He started his career as a State counsel in the Civil service of the old Ondo State before joining the Ekiti State Judicial Service Commission shortly after the creation of the State in 1996.

He got elevated to the position of a judge in the Ekiti State high court in 2002 and had served at different times in the election petition tribunals.