The gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Celebration in Ogun State, Ladi Adebutu, on Wednesday visited the state police headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta, over allegations of vote shopping for through the March 18 election.
Adebutu, who returned to Nigeria after greater than six months in Britain, arrived on the police headquarters at round 11am to reply to a police invitation following allegations by the All Progressives Congress that he had purchased votes through the polls with pre-loaded ATMs.
The Chairman of the APC in Ogun, Yemi Sanusi, had petitioned the police accusing Adebutu and different PDP members of vote shopping for.
The case is now in court docket.
Throughout his lengthy keep exterior the nation, the APC spokesperson within the state, Tunde Oladunjoye, stated Adebutu ran from the legislation whilst he challenged him to return dwelling and face the allegations in opposition to him.
“He’s afraid of his shadow. We additionally know all too effectively that he’s on the run from fees alongside different members of his get together. If he claims in any other case, the easiest way to show us incorrect is to purchase a ticket and board the subsequent accessible flight dwelling,” Oladunjoye stated in a current interview with The PUNCH.
Because the governorship candidate returned this weekend, the APC welcomed him again dwelling in one other assertion on Tuesday, asking him to report back to authorities and defend the vote-buying and cash laundering fees in opposition to him. federal authorities in opposition to him.
In an announcement by its Assistant Secretary for Publicity, Olusola Blessed, the APC stated: “Whether it is certainly true that Adebutu has returned to the nation after escaping the lengthy arm of the legislation since April this yr beneath the pretext on medical trip, we welcome him again to his homeland.
“We additionally urge him to hitch the authorities and defend the accusations of vote shopping for and cash laundering leveled in opposition to him through the March 18 Governorship and Home of Representatives elections 2023, for which some members/brokers of his get together have already been charged. court docket.”
The PUNCH studies that Adebutu was led to the State Felony Investigation Division after he, alongside together with his authorized staff and different loyalists, met the Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu.
