Adeleke cries out over alleged ‘evil’ plot against him by APC, Police

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the recently concluded Osun State governorship election, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has alleged of a fresh plot against him.

The fresh plot according to him is the alleged conspiracy between the police and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to use the alleged case of examination malpractices to stop the commencement of his petition against the winner of the governorship election, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola.

Oyetola, the APC’s candidate in the election is being challenged at the election petition tribunal by Adeleke.

An order of the court had instructed the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to produce Adeleke and four others in court on October 31 for arraignment over the allegation of examination malpractices.

But in his response in a statement on Tuesday, Adeleke accused police of conniving with the APC to use the case of examination malpractices to his efforts to reclaim his “stolen mandate”.

“The police is in collusion with the APC in the plot to implicate me on trumped-up charges, as a way of disrupting the commencement of our petitions before the Election Petition Tribunal.

“Their plan was originally to arrest me before the election so that I won’t be able to effectively participate in the governorship election but the court order and interventions stopped the evil agenda. Now, that the APC knows the game is up and the stolen mandate is about to be retrieved, the party in collusion with the police has perfected a fresh plot to distract, harass and intimidate me.

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“Nigerians are aware that the so-called examination case is politically motivated. The public is aware of the many intimidation and attacks, I have been subjected to before, during and after the election. We stand by the people and we will not surrender their mandate to anti -democratic forces.

“Let me use this medium to reassure the people of Osun State that our lawyers are in control of the situation. All necessary legal actions are being taken to stop these illegalities from standing,” Adeleke said.

 

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