48-hours
after the Appeal Court Panel sitting on Oyo State Governorship Election
Petition gave its judgment, the copy of the judgment has not been made available
to lawyers of the Governor of Oyo State, Mr. Seyi Makinde, investigations have
revealed.
Informed sources close to the judiciary in Ibadan told our Correspondent that
the Lead Counsel to Governor Seyi Makinde on the election petition matter, Mr.
Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, has been left frustrated on the matter.
It was gathered that though Jegede instituted the process to secure the copy of
the judgment immediately after the ruling, the Appeal Court has not made it
available to the Counsel.
It was gathered that the staff of the Court of Appeal have told the lawyers
that the Judges were trying to correct some errors in the judgment to prevent
the errors from being made public.
“As of now, the copy of the judgment has not been made available and this could
be dangerous. I can authoritatively inform you that Makinde’s lawyer initiated
the process to get the judgment but he was frustrated. This is another reason
for interested parties not to go to sleep, as something may be amiss,” the
source said.
The source further said that the delay in releasing the court ruling may be
dangerous because the Supreme Court has 60 days to determine the matter from
the date of the ruling of the Court of Appeal.
