Ogun PDP Leaders Remanded In Prison Over Forgery

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Written by Tunde Oyesina, Abuja Saturday, 26 March 2011

The police, on Friday, charged some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders in Ogun State with forgery before an Abuja magistrate’s court over alleged substitution of the House of Representatives candidate representing Remo Federal Constituency, Dave Salako.

The politicians were remanded in Kuje Prison till Monday when their bail application will be heard.

The prosecution had dragged Dayo Soremi, Semiu Sodipo and others to court for allegedly substituting Salako’s name despite scoring the highest number of votes in the primary election.

The accused were alleged to have connived with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to substitute Salako’s name with that of Oladipupo Olatunde Adebutu.

The court later adjourned the matter till Monday to hear the bail application of the accused.

A federal high court sitting in Abuja had earlier refused an application brought by Salako asking it to restrain Adebutu from parading himself as the PDP candidate for Remo Federal Constituency in the forthcoming election.

The plaintiff (Salako), who is presently representing the constituency in the House of Representatives, had in a motion ex-parte filed by his counsel, Mr. Gani Bello, asked the court to stop Adebutu from parading himself.

INEC, PDP and Adebutu were joined as defendants in the case with reference number: ABJ/CS/355/2011.

But counsel for Adebutu, Mr. Ajibola Oluyede, responded by filing a motion to either dismiss the whole case because it was an abuse of court process or to consolidate it with a previous action filed by the PDP leaders in the constituency, led by Chief Olufemi Dehinsilu, against Salako.