“I will hold lawyers of the governor-elect personally responsible,” he said.

He lamented such level of impunity, saying it portends grave danger for not just the legal profession, but the entire country.

He further described it as a huge tragedy, wondering what would happen to the average Nigerian if judges cannot be protected.

He lamented that while this attack was on-going, policemen at the scene only looked the other way and could not even rescue the judge.

He said such level of impunity shown by the governor-elect makes it obvious that he would have no regard for the judiciary or constituted authority when he is eventually sworn into office.

Fapohunda said he was sure that Fayose’s confidence appears to be that he enjoys the backing of the Federal Government.

“It is amazing and shocking. Regretably, it was in the presence of the police. There is going to be a myriad of suits against him,” he said, while noting that the attack was a dangerous precedent which, if not nipped in the bud, would make anyone who thinks he may not win a legal battle order the beating of lawyers and judges.

Reacting to the violence that has rocked Ekiti state and the attacks on judges and lawyers, Augustine Alegeh, the president of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, said in statement on Friday that “the Nigerian Bar Association strongly condemns the brazen and dastardly acts of violence by thugs and hoodlums who attacked the High Court of Justice Complex in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State on Monday September 22, 2014 and followed same up with more acts of violence and brigandage by tearing judicial record books and attacking judges at the Ekiti State High Court Complex which is also the venue of sitting of the Ekiti State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on September 25, 2014.

“Reports from our members at Ado Ekiti indicate that policemen and other security agents present at the court premises looked the other way while the hoodlums had a field day in disrupting court proceedings, tearing court record books, even beating up and tearing the clothes of a judge.

“The life of our judges in Ekiti is in grave danger. We must act to protect them from highly placed persons in our society who abuse their positions and privileges to unleash mayhem on Judicial Officers and infrastructure.”

Alegeh described the attacks as detestable.

“We condemn these acts of brigandage intended to intimidate and infuse fear in the mind of judicial officers. The persons behind these actions have by their meaningless acts of violence desecrated the courts which are our temple of justice. We will neither allow these acts of impunity and resort to lawlessness nor will we tolerate the actions of persons whose creed seem to be that might is right. We must stand up to them lest they think that it pays to be murderously violent.”

He said the administration of justice can never thrive in an atmosphere where judicial officers are brazenly attacked and or intimidated in the course of carrying out their lawful duties, adding that the administration of justice can never bow to the whims and caprices of persons who believe that judges must yield to their wishes.