Police Re-arraign Senator Adeleke Over Exam Malpractice

The Nigerian Police Force, NPF, has increased the examination malpractice charges it levelled against the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last Governorship candidate in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, before the Federal High Court in Abuja.

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In an amended charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/156/2018, Police, added three more allegations to the initial four-count criminal charge it preferred against Adeleke and four others.


Those that took fresh plea alongside Adeleke who was runner up in the September 22 gubernatorial election in Osun State, were his brother, Sikiru Adeleke, Alhaji Aregbesola Mufutau (Principal, Ojo-Aro Community Grammar School, Ojo-Aro Osun State), Gbadamosi Thomas Ojo (school Registrar) and Dare Samuel Olutope (a teacher).


Trial Justice I. E. Ekwo compelled the embattled lawmaker to sign an undertaken to always attend his trial and not travel out of the country without permission. The court equally ordered the other Defendants to provide a surety each in the sum of N2m, as well as to surrender their international passports to the Court’s Registrar.

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