Adeleke Arraigned, Charged With Certificate Forgery, Released On Bail

Adeleke

The Police have arraigned Senator Ademola Adeleke, before a Magistrate Court sitting in Mpape, Abuja and presided by Muhammed Suberu.

He was charged of forgery

However, as he pleaded not guilty to the charges, he was granted bail in the sum of N2 million with one surety who must be resident within the jurisdiction of the court.

Adeleke who was the Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the last governorship election in Osun State last September, was accused of forging a letter of attestation and result from Muslim Grammar School, Ede, Osun State.

Further, he was alleged to have submitted the said forged documents to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as part of his documents as PDP’s candidate in the said governorship election.

An election tribunal validated his election in a split ruling in March. An Appeal court will shortly pronounce its verdict on who was the real winner between him and Governor Gboyega Oyetola, who contested on the platform of the All Progressives Congress.

The allegation of certificate forgery had dogged the senator in the run-up to the election in the state, leading to his arrest before the poll.

President Muhammadu Buhari waded into the case and ordered the police to release him.

Recently, Justice Othman Musa of the FCT High Court declared the Secondary School Certificate presented by Adeleke to INEC as fake.

A suit is pending in the high court seeking the declaration of his senatorial seat vacant.

Adeleke has appealed the judgment.