President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. Yakubu Maikyau, SAN, has commiserated with the Chief judge of Ekiti State, Justice Oyewole Adeyeye over the collapse of his courtroom
NBA President in a statement by the association’s National Publicity Secretary, Akorede Lawal in Abuja on Saturday, said:
“The unfortunate incident which occurred on Wednesday “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.”
The NBA President has, therefore, called on the government to be more deliberate about improving the state of facilities and security in the courts of the land.
The statement noted that 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 was responding to treatment.
He has also 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 the Chief Judge of Ekiti State, the statement added..
