Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the recent Osun State governorship election, Senator Ademola Adeleke, was arraigned on Wednesday and granted bail on personal recognizance by the Abuja division of the Federal High Court.
Senator Adeleke, his brother, Sikiru Adeleke, and three others were arraigned on a four-count charge of examination malpractice.
The others are; Alhaji Aregbesola Mufutau (Principal, Ojo-Aro Community Grammar School, Ojo-Aro Osun State), Gbadamosi Thomas Ojo (school registrar) and Dare Samuel Olutope (a teacher).
Upon their arraignment Wednesday by the Federal Government, the defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges against them.
Counsel to Senator Adeleke, Chief Alex Izinyon SAN, informed the court of a bail application dated and filed on October 12.
He informed the court that Senator Adeleke was currently enjoying administrative bail granted him by the police and had not jumped bail, adding that Adeleke is a serving Senator and would always appear in court for his trial if released on bail.
Similarly, counsel to the second and third defendants, Nathaniel Oke SAN and Abdulsalam Abdulfatah, respectively, moved the bail applications for their clients, while the court declined attempt by Oke to move an oral application for the 4th and 5th defendants.
However, prosecution counsel, Simon Laugh, did not oppose the bail applications. Read more