The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the arrest and detention of its candidate in the last Osun governorship election, Senator Ademola Adeleke, “is highly provocative and an invitation to anarchy”.
PDP national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, who disclosed this at a press briefing in Abuja, Monday lamented that “The arrest and detention of Senator Adeleke is a direct act of violence against our laws, the institution of judiciary and the 1999 Constitution (as amended)”.
He also alleged that the arrest was part of the grand plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to coerce Senator Adeleke to relinquish the mandate that was freely given to him by the people of Osun state, which was further established by the election petition tribunal.
“The plot was to drag Senator Adeleke before an ostensibly compromised magistrate court, over the same issues of alleged forged school testimonial that is already before the Federal High Court, with a view to using such corridor to secure a stampeded trial and hurried conviction, and put him out of circulation, over trump-up charges.
“The heinous calculation by the APC is to ensure that Senator Adeleke is not free to be sworn in as governor of Osun state as they know he will surely obtain justice and retrieve his stolen mandate at the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.
“The police arrested Senator Ademola on the guise of an invitation despite the direct orders of the Federal High Court, restraining it or its agents from arresting and detaining him on account of statement of result and testimonial duly issued by the Ede Muslim Grammar School, Ede, pending the determination of the originating summons pending in the court.
PDP spokesperson, demanded for the immediate and unconditional release of Senator Adeleke by the police.
