PDP Urged President Buhari to unfreeze Senator Ademola Adeleke’s account

ABUJA- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to immediately unfreeze the private account of the PDP governorship Candidate in the September 22, 2018 Osun election, Senator Ademola Adeleke, and those of his family members, including music star, David Adeleke (Davido).

The party in a statement by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan described the freezing of the accounts as oppressive, tyrannical, provocative and a direct recipe for crisis in the state, “given that the people of Osun are solidly behind Adeleke ahead of the election.”
It also directed its members, including state governors, officials at zonal and state chapters, national and states assembly members, all presidential and governorship aspirants as well as other stakeholders, particularly, in the southwest zone, to immediately commence movement into Osun state with their political machinery to campaign and support the PDP candidate.

“The freezing of the Adelekes’ accounts by an agency of the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government, a week to the governorship election, underscores the fact that APC is mortally afraid of our candidate and has been seeking ways to undermine his electoral fortunes.

“Such savage attack on innocent citizens confirms the viciousness of the Buhari-led APC administration to use any means whatsoever to subjugate Nigerians and appropriate power to itself at all cost.
“Does it not smack of political brutality that President Buhari approved the secret release of N16.6 billion to Osun APC to pay thugs to manhandle voters and rig the election, while his EFCC is unleashed to freeze the legitimate account of our candidate and his family not minding the collateral damage such would have on millions that benefit from the goodwill of the family?

“The PDP therefore calls on the people of Osun state to collectively condemn this wickedness meted out on their son and members of his family and ensure that they use their votes to make a resounding statement against the APC by voting enmasse for their beloved son, come September 22, 2018,” the statement read.

Senator Ademola Adeleke presented forged school testimonials to INEC, plaintiffs tell court

The plaintiffs in the suit filed against the eligibility of Senator Ademola Adeleke as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State on Monday told Justice David Oladimeji that the testimonials and statement of result submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission and the court by the defendants are forged documents .

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The plaintiffs, Rasheed Olabayo and Oluwasegun Idowu had informed the court of the possibility of an out -of - court settlement of the case at the last sitting of the court but an agreement on this could not be reached as the court continued with the hearing of the case .

The counsel for the plaintiffs, Mr . Olufemi Ayandokun , had in his response to the notice of preliminary objection filed by the defendants told the court that his clients had filed a nine- paragraph affidavit dated August 3 , 2018 , and attached two exhibits marked G . E 1 and G . E 2 .
Ayandokun said, ” We stated in our affidavit that the documents he presented to the INEC and the court are forged documents. In exhibit 2 marked G . E 2 that is the purported school testimonial of Ede Muslim Grammar School , we want your lordship to take notice of the date on the testimonial , July 20 , 1988 .

We also want the court to take note that Osun State was created in 1991.
“The testimonial was issued on 20 th July 1988 and it had on it Ede Muslim Grammar School , Osun State . We urge the court to take note that Osun State was not in existence as at the time the purported testimonial was issued .
“The testimonial stated that the first defendant completed the SSCE when that examination had not started in 1981. The 6 - 3 - 3 - 4 was yet to be adopted as at 1981. There was no SSCE as at 1981 when he purportedly sat for the examination . The document is a lie.

“Another testimonial and statement of the result were issued by another school, Ede Muslim High School to the same person dated 24 July 2018 . That was after he had been screened by the party. ”
The plaintiffs’ counsel argued further that his clients had locus to institute the case because Section 31 ( 5 ) of the Electoral Act empowered them to question candidacy of the first defendant .

He urged the court to dismiss the notice of preliminary objection as grossly lacking in merit and urged the court to uphold his submission .
Earlier , the counsel for Adeleke ; the PDP as well as Prince Uche Secondus, who is the National Chairman of the PDP , Mr . Edmond Biri- Omoni, had prayed the court to dismiss the originating summons and interlocutory injunction .
He told the court that the plaintiffs admitted in their affidavit that the first defendant ( Adeleke) was educated up to secondary school level which was the provision of Section 177 (d ).

Biri- Omoni argued further that his client did not need to have distinctions in all the subjects he sat for while stating that the testimonial was an evidence that he had a secondary school education .
He said the secondary school which his client attended had not come out to disclaim the testimonial and the statement of result which he presented to the INEC while urging the court to discountenance the argument of the plaintiffs.