JUSUN Strike: Osun Sets Up Mobile Courts To Try Offenders
The Osun State government has concluded arrangements to set up mobile courts to consist of eight (8) Magistrates as the strike embarked upon by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) persists.
The mobile court is to attend to overnight criminal activities, preliminary remand proceedings and other matters necessary to decongest the detention facilities, among others.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Spokesperson to Governor Ademola Adeleke, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, on Wednesday.
According to Rasheed, the intervention is necessitated by the need to avert human rights violations, prevent security risks associated with congested cells, and ensure that basic criminal justice procedures are maintained while efforts are intensified to resolve the judicial workers’ strike.
A copy of the statement obtained by OSUN DEFENDER yesterday reads partly: “The state government has concluded arrangements to set up mobile courts to consist of eight (8) Magistrates.
“In a new partnership between the executive and the judicial arms of government, the mobile court is to attend to overnight criminal activities, preliminary remand proceedings and other matters necessary to decongest the detention facilities, among others.
“The process started with a letter from the Governor’s legal adviser, Nurudeen Kareem Esq. to the Chief Judge of Osun state, calling for the establishment of the mobile courts to address congestion crisis across the detention facilities of most law enforcement agencies.
“Governor Adeleke affirmed that his intervention is necessitated by the needs to avert violations of human rights, prevent security risks associated with congested cells and ensure that basic criminal justice procedures are maintained while efforts are intensified to solve the judicial workers strike.
“The Chief Judge has positively acted on the letter and Osun state is to get mobile courts as quickly as possible.”
Recall that JUSUN in Osun State has shut down courts since at September 2025, halting all judicial activities due to demands for better welfare, overdue promotions, and payment of allowances.
This action, supported by a directive from JUSUN’s national body, has kept courthouses closed and affected legal proceedings and bail applications for inmates, prompting calls for the state government and judicial authorities to resolve the issues.
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