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NJC REINSTATES EKITI JUDGE 16 YEARS AFTER SUSPENSION

Justice Babajide Aladejana of Ekiti State High court has been reinstated to office after 16 years of suspension by the National Judicial Council. Aladejana was suspended from office in 2006 with the state’s former Chief Judge, Justice Kayode Bamisile, under the administration of the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Alfa Belgore. The duo were suspended for their alleged roles in the political crisis that led to the impeachment of the former Governor of the state, Ayodele Fayose.October 16, 2006, over an alleged 1.4 billion naira poultry scandal, abuse of office and illegal operation of a foreign account. However, Aladejana has officially resumed work on Tuesday. The lift of his suspension followed the review of the NJC. He was subsequently allocated High Court number two where he would be hearing cases and performing other judicial functions.

VIDEO: FINALLY, FAYOSE DUMPS EKITI PDP, JOINS EKITI GOVERNOR, BIODUN OYEBANJI IN APC

  From all indications, former Governor of Ekiti state, Dr. Peter Ayodele Fayose has finally dumped the People's Democratic Party for the Biodun Oyebanji led ruling All Progressives  Congress (APC) in Ekiti state. Earlier, Indications were rife that the once simmering relationship between Fayose and the PDP in the state was on the brink of collapse but there was no strong fact to back up this claim other than the romance between Fayose and members of the defunct G-5 Governors, of which Fayose was number six and the only former Governor allowed into the group then. Also, before, during and after the election, most especially the Presidential election, Fayose and his G-5 group openly worked against the interest of the PDP and it's Presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar without batting an eyelid. Shortly after, Fayose, who had before now been a strong antagonist of anything APC paid an unexpected visit to now President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the presidential villa. Also, at the weddi