Judiciary

Strengthen Court Record Management – Ogun CJ Urges Judiciary Staff

By Web News 244

By Omolara Adasofunjo

Ogun State Chief Judge, Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu, has urged judiciary staff to uphold standard practices in court record management to boost efficiency and improve service delivery.

She made the call while declaring open a five-day training on Archiving and Record Management at the Judiciary Complex, Kobape Road, Abeokuta.

Represented by Justice Olanrewaju Mabekoje, the Chief Judge said the training formed part of a four-week exercise aimed at restructuring the judiciary’s Archives Section.

She described court records as “a silent witness to the administration of justice” and a testament to public confidence in seeking redress through the courts rather than resorting to self-help.

Delivering a lecture titled “Familiarisation with Documents, Case Files and Record Books,” resource person, Mrs Titilola Aluko-Arowolo said adopting modern record-keeping methods would help eliminate the loss of stored files.

Chairman of the Training Committee, Justice Olanrewaju Mabekoje, earlier noted that the programme was central to human capital development, offering staff an opportunity to learn better techniques for documentation, proper storage, and timely retrieval of records.

A participant, Mr. Fatai Olawale, said the training would significantly enhance service delivery in the Archives Section of the Ogun State Judiciary.

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Judiciary

Ogun Election Tribunal Bars Journalists From Proceedings

By Web News 669

Journalists have been barred from covering the proceedings of the Ogun State Local Government Election Petition Tribunal sitting at the State Magistrate Court, Isabo, Abeokuta.

The Chairman of one of the two tribunals, Otunba Rotimi Onafadeji who addressed the journalists stated that recording or covering of the proceedings is not allowed.

The Ogun State Chief Judge, Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu had inaugurated the Election Petition Tribunal for the recently concluded Local Government elections in the Ogun State.

The Chief Judge during the inauguration said the effort was to allow opposition parties to seek redress over the outcome of the election.

The two panels of the Ogun State Local Government Election Petition Tribunal Panel one include Mr. Akintunde Oyeyinka, chairman, while Mr. Lukman Abdullahi and Mrs. Olayinka Kukoyi are members.

The second panel members include Otunba Rotimi Onafadeji appointed as the Chairman while Mr. Rabiu Ibrahim and Mrs. Adedoyin Alaba are the members.

Wale Oluokun

Crime

Man Bags 25 Years Jail Term Over Child Rape

By Web News 840

A 36-year-old man, Ugochukwu Obiakor, has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour, for raping an 11-year-old girl in Ogun State. 

The Ogun State Chief Judge, Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu in her ruling, held that all evidences presented before the court by the prosecution was tenable and found the convict guilty as charged.

The Prosecution Counsel and Director of Legal Drafting in the state, Mr James Mafe, had earlier told the court during trial that the convict committed the offence on the 4th of September 2017 at Omu-Aleku Village, Mowe area of the state.

Mr Mafe said the victim was in her mother’s shop when the convict, who had earlier come to make purchases, returned in the mother’s absence and forcefully had sexual intercourse with the 11-year-old girl. 

The prosecutor explained that 36-year-old Obiakor had deceived the girl that he came to get his balance from the mother and proceeded to open the shop’s burglar-proof railings and dragged the victim to an uncompleted building beside the shop where he raped her.

Mr Mafe noted that the offence committed contravened Section 32 of the Child Rights Law of Ogun, 2006.

Oluremi Olugbenro