The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, was left in a state of shock on Saturday as it learned about the collapse of a section of the High Court building in Ekiti State, which led to Chief Judge Justice Oyewole Adeyeye sustaining injuries.
Through its President, Mr. Yakubu Maikyau, SAN, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), which serves as the umbrella organization for legal practitioners in the country, issued this statement.
In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Akorede Habeeb Lawal, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) shared information about the ‘unfortunate incident’ that occurred last Wednesday.
The NBA voiced its concern over the infrastructural decay in the judiciary, which the incident brought to light.
‘It revealed that the collapsed Ekiti court building, ‘again brings to the fore the deplorable state of infrastructures in most court buildings in Nigeria and the pitiable state of facilities available to court officials and users in the country.’
Consequently, the NBA President urged the Government to take deliberate measures in improving the state of facilities and security in courts across the federation.
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‘Mr. Maikyau who has since been engaging the leadership of the Bar and the Judiciary in Ekiti State over this incident, has expressed his delight that his lordship is responding to treatment and he has extended the gratitude of the NBA to the doctors, nurses and other staff of ABUAD Multi-system Hospital, Ado Ekiti, where his lordship is presently being tended to.’
‘The NBA President has urged members to pray for the quick and prompt recovery of his lordship, the Honourable the Chief Judge of Ekiti State,’ the statement further read.
The collapse divulges the severity of infrastructural deterioration and screams the critical need for swift refurbishment.