Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) in the 2018 governorship election in Osun State has been detained by the
Nigeria Police.
This was disclosed in a statement
on Monday, by his campaign organisation.
The lawmaker representing Osun west
senatorial district was arrested after he had honoured an invitation by
the police
In a statement on Monday, the
campaign organisation said Adeleke had honoured an invitation at the force
headquarters in Abuja before he was detained.
Frank Mba, force spokesman,
confirmed Adeleke’s arrest, saying he would be charged to court on
Tuesday.
“We alert the public, diplomatic
and democracy community worldwide that the Nigerian Police has arrested and
detained Senator Ademola Adeleke on old trumped up charges of certificate and
testimonial forgery,” the statement read.
“This is after the school principal
and school authority have through affidavits denied any forgery and owned up to
the school testimonial issued to Senator Adeleke.
“Senator Adeleke had this morning
honoured police invitation at the force headquarters, Abuja. He arrived at the
force headquarters at 9am and was not attended to until later this afternoon
when he was informed of fresh charges of testimonial forgery. The distinguished
Senator was taken to Maitama Police station with plan to arraign him tomorrow
at an undisclosed Magistrate court.”
The statement said Adeleke is
being victimised over his “pursuit of the retrieval of the governorship mandate
freely conferred on him by the people of Osun state”.
The election tribunal had
declared him duly elected governor but Gboyega Oyetola, the incumbent governor,
field an appeal.
The appeal court has reserved
judgement in the case.
Adeleke’s campaign organisation
also accused the police of working for Oyetola and the ruling All Progressives
Congress (APC).
“Yet, the police in connivance
with the appellants have decided to unjustly incarcerate and raised trumped up
charges which have been clarified by relevant authorities,” the statement read.
“The principal of the secondary
school attended by Senator Adeleke testified through affidavit before Bwari
High Court that the school indeed issued the testimonial. WAEC equally
testified that the Senator sat for the examination. For the Police to revive
this old clarified issue confirms political vendetta.
“We call for urgent intervention
of well meaning Nigerians to stop this emerging rape of democracy. The case for
which the Police is acting is subjudice. It is sad to note that the Police
appears to have become a tool in the hands of enemies of rule of law.”
The PDP had earlier raised the alarm
over the plot to arrest Adeleke.
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