Justice Olamide Oloyede of Osun State High Court, Osogbo, who was forced into retirement by the National Judicial Commission, NJC, in 2016, has been reinstated.
According to a report by The PUNCH, Justice Oloyede was reinstated by the NJC at its meeting held on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, after the judge had won the case instituted against the body before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
But after scaling the hurdle of the NJC, Oloyede was not issued a letter confirming her reinstatement until Wednesday, June 1, 2022, by the Osun State Judicial Service Commission.
Justice Oloyede’s ordeal began in 2016 after writing a petition against the then Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola, and asking the State House of Assembly to launch a probe into the allegations raised against him.
Miffed by the conduct of the judge, the Osun Civil Societies Coalition petitioned the NJC, demanding Oloyede’s sacking and the body, relying on the submissions of its fact-finding committee, said the judge failed to conduct herself in such a manner as to preserve the dignity of her office, impartiality and independence of the judiciary.
But Oloyede, having challenged the dismissal through her counsel, J. Daudu, got a favourable judgement from an Abuja Federal High Court in June 2021.
Her reinstatement by the NJC was said to be in compliance with the decision of the court, since the judgement was not challenged.
