THE Osun State candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in last year’s governorship election, Senator Ademola Adeleke, will be arraigned today in Abuja, the police said last night.
According to Force spokesman Frank Mba, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DCP), the senator was arrested and being detained in connection with ongoing criminal investigations touching on his person.
He, however, declined to give the exact charges against Adeleke. The statement issue after the Senator was detain say’s :“Senator Adeleke is currently in police custody. He was taken into custody in the evening of today yesterday (6th, May, 2019, in connection with ongoing criminal investigations touching on his person.
“Meanwhile, in the best tradition of natural justice and fair hearing, he has already been served with the relevant charge sheet containing his alleged offences in the presence of his attorneys. “He will be arraigned in a competent court of law tomorrow, 7th May, 2019.” But the PDP yesterday alleged plots to poison the senator.