OBAT OIL’S YOMI AKINRUNTAN, MALACHI COKER IN FRESH TROUBLE FOR PARADING FAKE INEC CERTIFICATE AS ONDO ASSEMBLY MEMBER
Two fake Ondo
PDP lawmakers, OBAT Oil’s Abayomi Akinruntan and Malachi Coker representing
Ilaje 1 and 11 State Constituencies may be arraigned in court soon for alleged
assumption of office without Certificate of Returns from the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC). The arraignment followed the conclusion
of their interrogation by the police. The Speaker of the State House of
Assembly, Princess Jumoke Akindele, and the Clerk, Bode Adeyelu, may also not
be spared.
The two lawmakers, who were allegedly sworn in illegally on June 1, had earlier being invited to the Force Headquarters for interrogation over the matter. It was learnt that investigation was concluded last Thursday by the police from the Federal Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Abuja. The probe, sources said, was delayed till last week to enable the clerk make his statement, which he eventually did last Wednesday.
It was learnt that the investigation, which started on July 8, took the FCID operatives to Akure, the Ondo State capital, on two occasions. It also involved the questioning of the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Segun Agbaje, and the two Returning officers for Ilaje I and II in the April 11 House of Assembly election, which was adjudged inconclusive by the INEC. INEC had declared that the election was marred with widespread irregularities.
Sources added that the inability to arraign the four persons involved in the matter last week was because the Assistant Inspector General(AIG), who was in charge of criminal investigation at the FCIB, Mr. A. Adeniji, has been promoted to Deputy Inspector General(DIG) and moved to the Force Headquarters. The officer deployed to replace him was “yet to be fully briefed” as at yesterday.
The police started their probe after the Ondo State All Progressives Congress (APC), through its lawyer, Charles Titiloye, petitioned the Inspector General of Police(IGP) that the Speaker and the clerk allegedly conspired to fraudulently swear in Akinruntan and Coker without the Certificates of Return from the INEC. The two lawmakers escaped arrest when detectives from the Force Headquarters stormed Akure to pick them few weeks ago. They eventually made themselves available for interrogation
The two lawmakers, who were allegedly sworn in illegally on June 1, had earlier being invited to the Force Headquarters for interrogation over the matter. It was learnt that investigation was concluded last Thursday by the police from the Federal Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Abuja. The probe, sources said, was delayed till last week to enable the clerk make his statement, which he eventually did last Wednesday.
It was learnt that the investigation, which started on July 8, took the FCID operatives to Akure, the Ondo State capital, on two occasions. It also involved the questioning of the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Segun Agbaje, and the two Returning officers for Ilaje I and II in the April 11 House of Assembly election, which was adjudged inconclusive by the INEC. INEC had declared that the election was marred with widespread irregularities.
Sources added that the inability to arraign the four persons involved in the matter last week was because the Assistant Inspector General(AIG), who was in charge of criminal investigation at the FCIB, Mr. A. Adeniji, has been promoted to Deputy Inspector General(DIG) and moved to the Force Headquarters. The officer deployed to replace him was “yet to be fully briefed” as at yesterday.
The police started their probe after the Ondo State All Progressives Congress (APC), through its lawyer, Charles Titiloye, petitioned the Inspector General of Police(IGP) that the Speaker and the clerk allegedly conspired to fraudulently swear in Akinruntan and Coker without the Certificates of Return from the INEC. The two lawmakers escaped arrest when detectives from the Force Headquarters stormed Akure to pick them few weeks ago. They eventually made themselves available for interrogation
Source: The Nation
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