The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) has mourned the passing of the Chief Judge of Ekiti State, Hon. Justice Oyewole Adeyeye, News About Nigeria reports.
Adeyeye sadly died in the early hours of Tuesday morning at the age of 64.
This was confirmed by a reliable source who spoke on the condition of anonymity in the state.
The source also disclosed that Justice Adeyeye had been indisposed since July 12, 2023, following a serious injury he sustained when a section of the state high court complex wall collapsed on him in his office in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital.
The association, in a statement, extended its condolences to the family of the late judge and prayed for the strength to bear the great loss.
The condolence 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.”
An official statement, however, has yet to be made announcing his death.
Justice Adeyeye was born in 1960 in Araromi Ugbesi in the Ekiti East Local Government Area of Ekiti State and was called to the 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 Judiciary Service Commission shortly after the creation of the state in 1996.
He was elevated to the position of a judge in the Ekiti State High Court in 2002 and served at different times on the election petition tribunal.
