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:
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.