By Adeyinka Adeniran
A legal luminary and President-General, Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII) Chief Ajeniyi Ajewole has cautioned the members of the public from hauliing insults and blaming judges when court churn out rulings and judgement which may seem contradictory.
Apparently reacting to the spate of rulings that are generating controversies that led to the conduct the PDP Convention in Ibadan at the weekend, Ajewole said no two cases are exactly the same and facts presented before the court may also not be the same.
Noting that giving conflicting judgement may not be healthy for the judicial systement, CCII PG however said people must make deliberate efforts to understand the proceedings and facts presented before the courts that led to any judgements delivered before condemning any decision of the court in any matter.
He spoke on Wednesday while featuring as the Guest of the Month of the Oyo State owned broadcasting station, Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State (BCOS), Bashorun Ibadan.
He said, “Having conflicting rulings and judgements is not good for the country but let us warn observes, most times we don’t know what has been presented before each court before we co demn the judgements.
“To the best of my knowledge as a lawyer, judgements are given based on what we’re preenewtwd before the courts.
“Judges are human beings and they give rulings based on the facts before them. Even if you have two courtroom beside each other, the caes cannot be the same, they van only be identical.
“What a lawyer presents before Court A may be different from what was presented before Court B and judges give rulings based on what is before them.”
Reacting to the call for rotational governorship or power shift to other regions of the state, the CCII PG said no ibadan man has issues with allowing anybody capable to be trusted withe votes to govern the state.
He however noted that, candidates from other zones must be ready to criss-cross and canvass for votes from Ibadan being the most populated and largest part of the state.
He recalled that when the late former gover or Christopher Alao-Akala, an Ogbomoso indigene won the governorship election in 2007, he had the backing of a strong Ibadanman political heavyweight and defwated other contested who are Ibadan Indigenes and with support and endorsement from other Ibadan politicial heavyweights too.
He reminded that since the days of the Western region to the days of the Old Oyo State, many non Ibadan Indigenes have ruled amd govern the state without the Indigenes making any trouble about it.
He said such act, over the years reflected the hospitable and welcoming nature of Ibadan Indigenes who are mostly concerned about the development of the state than pursuing any tribal sentiment.
He said the Council, the umbrella body of all the socio cultural groups in the ancient city is working assidously with the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja to ensure the actualization of the creation of Ibadan state.
He also said the Council in collaboration with the compound and family heads as well as the Olubadan-in-Council are synergysing to improve security of the ancient city with a mandate on every compound head to assume the role of the Chief Security Officer of their various domains.
