President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, not to invite the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Osun State, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, before Saturday.
The police had invited Sen. Adeleke to the force headquarters in Abuja over alleged examination malpractice.
However, a presidential source who spoke to newsmen on Wednesday, said President Buhari has ordered the IGP not to go ahead with the invitation until the governorship election in Osun State is over.
Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, had earlier said charges of examination malpractice, criminal conspiracy, impersonation, and breach of duty had been filed against Adeleke and others at a federal high court in Abuja.
Moshood said one of the four strong contenders in Saturday’s exercise, Adeleke connived with four persons identified as Sikiru Adeleke, Aregbesola Mufutau (principal of Ojo-Aro Community Grammar School, Egbedore LGA, Osun), Gbadamosi Thomas Ojo (school official responsible for the registration of candidates for NECO), and Dare Olutope (school teacher who facilitated the crime).
He had asked them to report to the special investigation panel at the force headquarters in Abuja.
Adeleke was summoned few hours after the West African Examination Council (WAEC) confirmed that he sat for its examination in 1981.
The council had informed an FCT high court that Adeleke sat for its examination in 1981, contrary to insinuations that he did not.
