The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ekiti State has written the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Aloma Mukhtar, alleging plans by the state Chief Judge, Ayodeji Daramola, to connive with the outgoing Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, to abort the inauguration of the incoming PDP government on October 16.

In the letter entitled “Another Judicial Coup Plotted to Avert the Swearing in of the Governor-elect of Ekiti State’ signed by the State Secretary, Dr Tope Aluko and the State Publicity Secretary, Pastor Kola Oluwawole, the party stated it reliably gathered that plans were on by Daramola and the governor to give accelerated hearing to some suits challenging the eligibility of the governorelect for the June 21 governorship election.

They alleged that the hearing was despite the Notice of Appeal and the Stay of Proceedings filed in respect of the suits.

The PDP had challenged the assumption of jurisdiction by Justice Olusegun Ogunremi of an Ado-Ekiti High Court on the matter and also filed a Stay of Proceedings on the hearing of the substantive suit.

The letter reads in part: “My Lord, on the 28th September, 2014, the Governorelect of Ekiti State personally wrote a letter to you, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, raising fears about the attempts of the Chief Judge of Ekiti State to frustrate the swearing-in of the Governor- elect of Ekiti State produced by our party.

“This was done in view of Section 185 (2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), which empowers only the Chief Judge of Ekiti State to swear in the Governor-elect as the new governor of the state, as Ekiti State presently has no Grand Khadi of the Sharia Court of Appeal, or President of the Customary Court of Appeal that can perform similar function, in case the Chief Judge declines to do so.

“To our knowledge, My Lord is yet to react to that letter. Meanwhile, we are authoritatively informed of another desperate move to obtain a ‘black market injunction’ from an Ekiti State High Court restraining the Chief Judge from swearing-in the Governor-elect on October 16.