Tension Erupts As High Court Building Collapses On Chief Judge

What you should know

• The Ekiti State chief judge, Justice Oyewole Adeyeye, has survived death following the collapsed section of the state’s high court building.

• The sad incident had left severe injury on Adeyeye, who was reported to have been moved to an undisclosed hospital for medical attention
• We understood that no life was lost in the incident, but workers on the premises were able to rescue the chief judge from the rubbles

Report of the collapsed State high

Justice Oyewole Adeyeye, the chief judge of Ekiti State, escaped death on Wednesday, July 12, when part of the state high court complex collapsed when he was in his office.

In a report by Daily Trust, the chief judge has been moved to an undisclosed hospital in the state where he was reported to be receiving medical attention.

How the collapsed Ekiti State High Court nearly kills chief judge

It was gathered that the incident happened when Adeyeye was preparing to close for the day. He was still in his chamber when the building reportedly collapsed.

The cause of the incident could be traced to the structural deficit worsened by the torrential rainfall.

No life was lost in the incident, but the state’s chief judge was said to have sustained some serious injury when the section of the office collapsed on him.

Workers around the facility were able to rescue the judge from the rubble after making serious efforts.

Health status of Ekiti chief judge remains sketchy

Journalist who visited the office of the registrar to gather more details about the incident were asked to come back later.

The development was a sad one and the state governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has barely spent a year in office.

Oyebanji was sworn-in as governor of Ekiti State in October 2022, following the end of the second term tenure of former Governor Kayode Fayemi