BY GBENGA OLARINOYE
JUSTICE Folahanmi Oloyede, who petitioned the Osun State House of Assembly to investigate Governor Rauf Aregbesola for alleged mismanagement of the state resources,  has submitted her reply to the query issued her by State Judicial Service Commission, SJSC.

The state house of assembly, after dismissing Oloyede’s petition, also  wrote to the Chief Judge, Adepele Ojo, asking her, as chairman of the SJSC to query Oloyede over her conduct.

Saturday Vanguard gathered that Justice Oloyede’s response to her query was dropped by Mr. Lukman Ogunsetan,  her counsel on Thursday, when he appeared in court in respect of an application for an order of Certiorari to quash the recommendations of the Assembly’s Ad-hoc committee that dismissed her petition.

Mr Ogunsetan added that the embattled judge was expected to respond within seven days to the query, ending next tomorrow.

However, the application filed by Justice Oloyede that was supposed to be heard by the vacation judge, did not get a mention, as Justice Adeyinka Aderibigbe after the day’s proceedings, announced that his next sitting would be next Thursday.

The judge, it was however learned, in her reply, reminded the SJSC that the matter she was asked to respond to was already in court, adding that whether heard or not, the matter was already before court.

When contacted, counsel to Oloyede, Mr. Lanre Ogunlesi, confirmed receipt of the query, saying her client did not react to any of the issues raised because doing so will be sub judicial.

Reacting, an Osun state based rights’ group, Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun, in a statement signed by its Chairman, Suleman Alimi, said: “The State Judicial Service Commission, SJSC, cannot feign ignorance of the case filed by Justice Oloyede. The Chairman of SJSC is the State Chief Judge. Justice Bola Ojo heads the state courts where the action was filed on Monday and the same CJ assigned the case to Justice Yinka Aderibigbe. With this, it will be subjudice for the SJSC to act on the State Assembly’s letter calling for Justice Oloyede’s sanction.”