Group Commends Ogun PDP For Confirming Members’ Arraignment For Vote-Buying, Adebutu And Others Awaiting Trial
Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), a human rights and rule of law advocacy group, has commended the Ogun state chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for unwittingly confirming that five of it members are standing trial for vote-buying while five others, including its governorship candidate, Mr. Ladi Adebutu have been on the run and yet to answer Police invitation.
CSJ Coordinator, Adeniyi Okusegun Isaac, urged the PDP to โcontinue in this line of truthโ. The statement read as follows: โIn the statement issued by the Ogun state PDP, the party gave the names of its members who were charged for vote-buying by the Federal Government as ๐๐จ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐๐ช๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐บ๐ถ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ถ, ๐๐จ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข ๐๐ธ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช, ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ช ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ.โ
The PDP statement of confirmation read in part, “It was gathered that ๐๐จ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐๐ช๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐บ๐ถ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ถ, ๐๐จ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข ๐๐ธ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ช ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ธ ๐๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ถ๐ต๐ข ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ 18๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ 2023, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐บโ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด.
“Upon the arrest, 52 ATM cards were found on them which led to further interrogation. Upon interrogation, the suspects mentioned the names of four people regarded as their leaders who gave them the cards for an empowerment scheme. After interrogation by the NDLEA, they were transferred to the State Police headquarters on the same day.
“In like manner, Sanni Adejoke was arrested by the Police on a motorcycle early in the morning of 18th March at Agbado in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State with the same ATM cards found on her and was equally transferred to State Police headquarters in Abeokuta the same day.
“Following the findings by the Police which revealed that the suspects were members of the Peoples Democratic Party, the Gubernatorial Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party was thereafter listed for invitation by the Police on the matter.
“You will recall that an interim Police report emerged sometime in May on the allegation of vote buying and later an updated Police report was also released to the media.
“๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐๐๐, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ช๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ซ๐ค๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ข๐๐จ ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐จ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ง๐ค๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง.
“๐๐ช๐ง๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ on the matter ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ก๐๐ that ๐๐ค๐ฃ(๐ฟ๐ง). ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ค ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ช and the other four people mentioned in the course of interrogating the suspects ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ง ๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง as at the time of this report.”
CSJ added that: โWith the above statement by the Ogun State PDP confirming its members as being arrested and charged for vote-buying and that five others, including its governorship candidate in the 2023 governorship poll as being indicted but awaiting their day with the Police and court, we salute the courage of the Ogun state PDP. This is really commendable and we urge it to continue in this line of truth for the good book says you shall know the truth and the truth will set you free!”.
