Setting Court On Fire Is An Assault On Civilisation – Aregbesola

Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has described the actions of the hoodlums who set ablaze a section of the state high court in Ilesa as a major assault on civilization.

Aregbesola stated this during an on the spot assessment of the premises of the high court which was allegedly set ablaze by hoodlums on Monday morning.

The who walked round the facility in company of the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Mushood Adeoti and the state Chief Judge Mrs Adepele Ojo stressed that an attack on the Judiciary is a direct attack on the civilisation of the people.

He said: “The fulcrum of human civilization is based on two things, the maintenance of law and order and secondly the up holding of justice and truth.

“Where law and order can not be guaranteed; when the instruments of justice can not be guaranteed, what you have is chaos and anarchy. Our government will not allow this to happen.

“This attack is a major assault on the civilisation of the land because when you attack the major instrument of justice then you are also attacking the common man on the street.

“As government, we are very disappointed that this has happened.”

Aregbesola who promised to do everything to be done to ensure that the perpetrators of the dastardly act are brought to book, hinted that the state commissioner of police have been charged to apprehend those involved as quickly as possible.

The governor noted that the vandalised court calls for urgent rehabilitation, stating that the Ilesa High Court and other ones across the state will be given urgent attention in terms of rehabilitation and security.

Aregbesla also sympathized with the security man of the premises, Mr Olanrewaju Owoeye who was beaten up by the hoodlums during the attack.