Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ilorin Zonal Command, on Monday arraigned four people before an Osogbo High Court for trading votes during the last Osun governorship poll.T
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ilorin Zonal Command, on Monday arraigned four people before an Osogbo High Court for trading votes during the last Osun governorship poll.Mathias Agboola, of an Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo.
The details of the case indicated that defendants, Adeyemo Abiodun, Abidogun Ismail, Jimoh Kazeem and Yekini Abiodun, were arrested on July 16, 2022, by operatives of the EFCC at different polling units within Osogbo metropolis while trading votes for cash.
In the case of Nurudeen, who was arraigned separately, he was said to have “on 16th July, 2022, at Oshogbo within the judicial division of this honourable court corruptly made monetary gifts to voters at polling unit 002, ward 8, Are Agbo Isale Agbara, in order to induce them to procure the return of Adegboyega Oyetola to an elective office of governor of Osun State at the governorship election of July 16, 2022.
But the defence counsels, N. Adekilekun and M. Sambo, made oral applications for their clients asking the court to admit them to bail. In his ruling, Justice Agboola admitted the defendants to bail to the sum of N2m with one surety each in like sum and subsequently adjourned the two cases till November 21 and 28, 2022 respectively, for the commencement of trial.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.