Ekiti State Government has appointed the Onigogo of
Igogo-Ekiti, Oba Sunday Adewunmi as the Chairman of Governing Council of the
Office of the Public Defender (OPD).
Inaugurating the Governing Council in Ado-Ekiti, the
Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Olawale Fapohunda explained
that the government constituted the council as part of efforts to boost the effect
and services of the OPD.
Mr. Fapohunda reiterated the commitment of the Fayemi-led administration
to the welfare of the people, particularly the rights of the less privileged
and indigent.
He said members of the committee were carefully selected for
optimum result adding that the focus was to make the services of OPD accessible
to people at the grassroots.
In his remarks, Oba Adeyemo expressed gratitude to the State
Government for considering him worthy of the appointment.
The Chairman of the new Governing Council pledged on behalf
of other members of the Council to do their best in the new assignment, adding that
they would justify the confidence reposed in them with diligence.
Other members of the Office of the Public Defender's
Governing Council are the Executive Secretary, Barry. Bolanle Wale-Awe, Chief
Akinlade Ojo (Erugale), Chief. (Mrs)Waye Oso (Iyaloja General), Barr. Bola Aruleba
representing the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and Mrs. Kikelomo Owolabi
representing International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Ekiti State
Chapter while Barr. Folorunso Ajayi will serve as the Secretary.
The Executive Secretary, Barr. Bolanle Wale-Awe expressed
appreciation to the Onigogo, Oba Sunday Adewunmi and other members of the
Governing Council for creating time out of their busy schedules to respond to what
she described as a call to duty.
Wale-Awe solicited the continued support of stakeholders for
government's lofty programmes and advised residents in the state to take
advantage of the opportunity provided by her office to seek redress or remedy
for any perceived unfair treatment.
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