Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has through his lawyer threatened the Ekiti State Judicial Commission of Inquiry with jail if they continue proceedings against him.
The threat is contained in a letter written by Fayemi’s lawyer to the Chairman of the Commission, Justice Silas Bamidele Oyewole (rtd) in which he said that the pendency of a suit he instituted challenging the legality and constitutionality of the commission is why he has so far refused to appear personally before the panel.
The letter which was dated August 24th, 2017 and said that by summoning Fayemi before it, the panel was in contempt of court and that such was redressable by an order committing the offenders to prison.
The letter said;“In the light of the pending case including our client’s motion for interlocutory injunction, Your Lordship is under clear duty to stay action on the activities of your commission until the pending case is determined.
“To do otherwise is to commit contempt of court which is redressable by an order of committal to prison”
“We hope in the light of the forgoing, it will not be rendered necessary for our client to test the efficacy of the law against your commission, which definitely will be an embarrassment to your commission. We are sending a copy of this letter to the court before which the case is pending in Ado-Ekiti.”.