Mr Adebutu accused Mr Abiodun and APC of using the police to intimidate and harass him and PDP members in the state.
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Ladi Adebutu, has accused the Inspector General of police of refusing to investigate allegations of vote buying and electoral violence against Governor Dapo Abiodun. won the 18th March governorship election, beating Mr Adebutu to the secind position.However, the police last week charged Mr Adebutu before the Ogun State high court for allegedly buying votes in the election.
He accused the governor and APC of using the police to intimidate and harass him and PDP members in the state.PREMIUM TIMES had exclusively reported how a police report indicted Mr Adebutu of using N2 billion to induce voters with Verve prepaid ATM cards loaded with N10,000 each. “We have petitioned the Nigerian police for the past six weeks, but we are surprised why the police has not opened up an investigation into our petition against Abiodun and the APC on the votes bought by them.“This is why they are covering up all the shenanigans and they have not allowed the police to do their job.
“We are appealing to the IGP to speedily allow thorough investigation into how Dapo Abiodun used about N3bn of tax payers’ money to buy votes in Ogun State with the help of One Card limited.” He also denied that he travelled out of the country to evade police arrest, saying he travelled on 25 April for medical check-up.Abiodun, Amosun exchange jibes as location of Dangote Refinery causes controversy in Ogun State
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