The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has approved the appointment of the state’s Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, Adebayo Bamidele Adedapo as a court judge.
Adebayo will be sworn in tomorrow, Monday, as a new judge into the State Judiciary by Governor Abiodun at the June 12 Cultural Centre Abeokuta, the state capital.
The appointment of the state’s Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice followed the recommendation of the National Judiciary Commission at its 100th meeting on January 18, 2023 and in accordance with the provision of Section 271 Sub-section (2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended).
Others so appointed and to be sworn in tomorrow along with Bamidele Adebayo are Chief Registrar, High Court of Justice, Ogun State, Oluwafunke Omolara Odubanjo, Esq; Chief Magistrate, Ogun State Judiciary, Awofeso Ireti-Olu Babatunde; Deputy Chief Registrar, High Court of Justice, Ogun State, Adelaja Adeola Ireti; Secretary, Judiciary Service Commission, Ogun State, Basirat Bolanle Adebowale, Ayodele Adebayo Omoniyi, a Private Legal Practitioner based in Ilaro; Sunday Olufemi Adeniyi, a Private Legal Practitioner based in Lagos and Abimbola Christopher Shokunbi, a Private Legal Practitioner also based in Lagos.
A statement issued this Sunday in Abeokuta by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Kunle somorin, noted that the new judges appointment is based on seniority, competence and track record.
The appointment, the statement further stated, is part of the administration’s efforts to reposition the state judicial system for more effective, efficient and quick dispensation of justice across the state.
