Posted on: 11:21 Fri, 20 Nov 2015



A judge in Osun State, Justice A. O.
Oguntade, at the state High Court,
Ede, on Thursday barred journalists
from covering the divorce
proceedings involving millionaire
businessman, Deji Adeleke, and his
estranged wife, Teju.

Adeleke, who is the Chancellor of the
Adeleke University, is the father of
popular musician, Davido.

PUNCH reports he was present in
court on Thursday but the estranged
wife was not when journalists were
chased out.

Oguntade had on Monday, November
16, prevented journalists who were
present at the court by
chasing them out of the court room.

The judge again on Thursday asked
journalists present in the courtroom
to go out before the proceedings
started.

On entering the court, Oguntade
said:

“Journalists present in this court
should go out. I repeat, journalists
present in this court should go out
now.”

The judge asked his orderly to escort
the journalists out and the orderly
relayed the order to the senior police
officer, Adeoye Yekinin, who led a
team of armed policemen deployed
in the court for the divorce case.

The police officer, however, was
polite in carrying out the order as he
pleaded with the two journalists
including their correspondent to
vacate the court.

The armed policemen waited
patiently for the journalists to leave
before they returned to the entrance
of the court.

Some of those present in court
expressed shock over the heavy
presence of armed policemen.

One of the lawyers present in the
court for another matter said one of
the parties involved in the case did
not want publicity.

Counsel for the estranged wife, Mr.
Kemi Pinheiro (SAN) , had during the
proceedings on Monday accused the
judge of bias.

Despite the allegation, Oguntade
ordered journalists out of the court
and instructed his orderly to ensure
they were chased out of the court.