There was chaos at the premises of the Ekiti State High Court on Thursday morning as the state Governor-elect, Ayodele Fayose, allegedly supervised the beating of the state Chief Judge.
He was also said to have instructed his thugs to beat up a judge, Justice John Adeyeye, for what he described as the judge's "rudeness to him".
The Ekiti State Governorship Election petition Tribunal sitting billed to hold today at the High court, Ado-Ekiti, has been postponed till further notice as judicial workers abandoned their duty post and ran for safety.
Witnesses said the pro-Fayose thugs had besieged the court premises as early as 6a.m., while a detachment of policemen from the police headquarters were also seen on major streets and around the court.
Justice Adeyeye of High Court 3, who was miffed by the huge number of the thugs as they surged towards the court premises had approached Mr. Fayose and urged him to prevail on "his supporters" to keep a safe distance from the court premises.
An enraged Mr. Fayose was said to have shouted the judge down, slapped him and ordered his men to beat him up. Immediately, thugs numbering about 20 pounced on Justice Adeyeye, beat him up and tore his clothes, while his co workers scampered and shouted for help.
A witness who is in Ekiti with the twitter handle @eggheader tweeted the event as it unfolds.
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