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Activists To Adebutu: It’s Time For You To Present Yourself For Trial

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Oladipupo Adebutu
Oladipupo Adebutu

Ogun Integrity Vanguard (OIV) has urged Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in March 18 governorship election in Ogun State, Oladipupo Adebutu, to present himself for trial instead of writing frivolous petitions to the police over his vote-buying scandal.

According to OIV, it is disturbing that after the Federal Government charged them to court over vote buying, Adebutu and some PDP members are writing petitions to Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, asking him to investigate Governor Dapo Abiodun and All Progressives Congress (APC) for vote buying.

The group spoke in a statement by its secretary, Duro Thomas, in Abeokuta on Monday.

Thomas said: “The charges, which were filed by Director of Public Prosecutions, M.B Abubakar; Assistant Chief State Counsel, Aderonke Imana and Senior State Counsel, Bagudu Sani, on behalf of Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, detailed how Adebutu and others did conspire to corruptly give gifts in form of Verve prepaid cards  which had inscribed on them ‘Dame Caroline Oladuni Adebutu Memorial Endorsement Scheme for Less Privileged’ to induce voters to endeavour the  return of PDP candidates during the governorship and State Assembly elections in Ogun State.

“Adebutu was further accused of providing 200,000 prepaid verve cards loaded with N10,000 each and inscribed with  the same name “for the purpose of corruptly influencing voters to vote for PDP candidates”.

“Given these facts, it is laughable these people are trying to push a counter narrative. When did they realise APC loaded cards to buy votes? There is nothing like that in the petition they filed.”

According to Thomas, when PDP candidate took Governor Abiodun to Ogun Election Petitions Tribunal over outcome of March 18 polls, he never pleaded vote buying by Abiodun and APC as a ground of appeal.

Credit: thenationonlineng.net

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