Adeleke: Police, APC trying to distract me from retrieving my stolen mandate

Ademola Adeleke, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship
candidate in Osun, has accused the police of conniving with the All
Progressives Congress (APC) to stop him from retrieving his “stolen
mandate”.

In a statement on Tuesday, Adeleke said there is a plot is to
harass and intimidate him in order to disrupt the commencement of
his petition before the election tribunal.

The senator representing Osun west and four others have been
charged before the federal high court, Abuja, over alleged
examination malpractice.

Adeleke said the examination malpractice allegation is
politically motivated.

“The police is in collusion with the APC in the plot to
implicate me on trumped-up charges as a way of disrupting the
commencement of our petitions before the Election Petition
Tribunal,” he said in a statement.

“Their plan was originally to arrest me before the election so
that I won’t be able to effectively participate at the governorship
election but the court order and interventions stopped the evil
agenda.

“Now that the APC knew the game is up and the stolen mandate is
about to be retrieved, the party in collusion with the police has
perfected a fresh plot to distract, harass and intimidate me.

“Nigerians are aware that the so-called examination case is
politically motivated. The public is aware of the many intimidation
and attacks I have been subjected to before, during and now after
the election. We stand by the people and we will not surrender
their mandate to anti-democratic forces.

“Let me use this medium to reassure the people of Osun state
that our lawyers are on top of the situation. All necessary legal
actions are being taken to stop these illegalities from
standing.”