Osun 2018: Fresh suit against Adeleke’s candidature over alleged forgery (SUN)

Barely 24 hours to the judgment over his certificate, a fresh suit been has been filed against the candidature of Sen. Ademola Adeleke in the forthcoming September 22, 2018 election at the Osun State High Court, Osogbo.

The case was filed by two Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) delegates, Olagboye Adedamola and Oyetunji Suredi, over the Testimonial and Statement of Result presented by the senator to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) which they claimed to were fake documents.

The applicants premised their suit on Section 31 (5) and (6) of the Electoral Act 2010 which gave powers to individuals to challenge in court any candidate who they suspected to have presented fake documents or false affidavits to the electoral body. Read more

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