Osun 2018: Sen. Adeleke Dragged To Court Again

Senator Ademola Adeleke has been dragged to court again over alleged forged school certificate.

In a suit filed at an Osogbo High Court, by two Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in Osun, the plaintiffs are challenging the candidacy of the senator as the party’s flagbearer in the September 22 governorship polls.

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In the suit filed by Mr Oyetunji Suredi and Mr Olagboye Adedamola, the duo are seeking an interlocutory injunction restraining Adeleke from parading himself as the candidate of the Osun PDP.

They are also asking the court to make an order to restrain the state’s party Chairman, Mr Soji Adagunodo, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from further recognising the defendant as the candidate of the party and replace him with Akin Ogunbiyi, the runner-up in the party’s primary.

No date has been fixed for the hearing.

The fresh suit comes weeks after an Osun State High Court says it cannot stop the Adeleke from contesting in the September 22 gubernatorial election.

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In the ruling, Justice David Oladimeji said the document submitted by the senator has “some serious and damaging irregularities” but the court can’t stop him from contesting next month’s poll.

The suit was filed by Rasheed Olabayo and Oluwaseun Idowu.

THE WHISTLER had reported that Adeleke won the primary after garnering 1,569 votes to beat Ogunbiyi, who polled 1,562, in a tightly contested election.

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