The Osun State Government has denied that there is a constitutional crisis brewing in the state.
It maintained that there is no rift between the Executive and the Judicial arms of government.
This was announced by the state government in a statement signed by the spokesperson to the governor, Olawale Rasheed on Monday in reaction to a statement making the rounds that there was a rift between both arms of the government.
Rasheed noted that the statement credited to Yomi Aliyu was a cooked up false story and that he had turned himself into an unsolicited puppet of the Osun State Chief Judge.
The statement reads, “It is not surprising of Mr. Aliu to have cooked up a false story. It is customary of him the same way he did during the Osun governorship election petition. He had raised a fake alarm and unjustifiable insinuation that there was a serious security threat in the State. This nonetheless turned out to be unfounded.
“It is unfortunate that a supposed learned senior lawyer can go that low on the path of propaganda and unnecessary sensation without exercising any iota of decorum and dignity.”
Rasheed clarified that the Ademola Adeleke administration enjoyed a very warm and harmonious relationship with the Judiciary.
While explaining that the governor is paying special attention to the welfare of judicial officers in the state, the governor’s spokesperson assured the members of the public that there was no controversy in the processes of disengagement or otherwise even with respect to the old and new law on the retirement age for judges of superior courts.
“Governor Adeleke as a due process leader is committed to full observance of the law without fear or favour and with due reference to impartial application for retirement or extension of tenure of public officials,” he said.
“The Judicial Service Commission is an executive body and its staff are appointees and employees of the executive. Therefore, it is indecent of Mr Aliu to unduly meddle in the running of affairs of the government,” he added.
Yomi Aliyu, a legal practitioner had claimed that Governor Adeleke was planning to compulsorily retire the Osun State Chief Judge, Justice Oyebola Adepele Ojo.
Aliyu had alleged that the Osun Head of Service, Samuel Ayanleye Aina requested for the letter of retirement from the Chief Judge of Osun State from the Secretary to the Osun State Judicial Service Commission.
The lawyer also claimed Aina was acting on Governor Nurudeen Adeleke’s instructions.