The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has issued a strongly worded statement in which it warned the Police over the invitation of Senator Adeleke.
The Senator was accused of examination malpractice, criminal conspiracy and breach of duty
The timing of the move has been seen as suspicious with the Osun state Primaries holding this Saturday and this invitation is one that could affect Adeleke adversely.
A spokesperson for the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, called the allegations laughable and also wondered why Kemi Adeosun was not arrested.
The former Finance Minister resigned after her NYSC certificate scandal but she left the country almost immediately amidst talk that she should face criminal prosecution over the matter.
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The statement from PDP read: “Adeleke certificate circus, leading to laughable trumped-up charges by the Police, as horrible, nauseating and displeasing.
“While the PDP is in no way against any legitimate effort by any security agency in the discharge of its duties, we totally reject this unrelenting attempt to use trumped up charges to take down our candidate, simply because the APC has realized that he is coasting to victory.
“Perhaps, the police need to be educated that the West African Examination Council (WAEC) has already confirmed that Senator Adeleke wrote his WAEC examination in 1981, thus ending the earlier unnecessary controversy about his WAEC status.
“Moreover, this is the same police that have not been able to invite the disgraced erstwhile minister of finance, Kemi Adeosun, who confessed to having a forged NYSC Exemption Certificate or the Special Assistant to the President on Prosecution and Chairman of the Special Investigative Panel for the Recovery of Public Property, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, whose certificate, WAEC openly told the National Assembly, is fake.
“Moreso, there are several leaders in APC, whose certificates have been questioned and which the Police have not considered it needful to conduct the littlest investigation.”
President Buhari did step in, however, ordering the IG not to invite Adeleke until after the primaries on the 22nd of September.