Earlier this week, a report hit the media that Senator Ademola Adeleke, the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship candidate for the last Osun election, will on October 31, be arraign before a federal high court for an alleged examination malpractice, criminal conspiracy, and impersonation.
However, this did not go down well with many Nigerians as they believe the Nigerian Federal government and the police are being biased and selective on those they prosecute.
An outcry has trailed the planned arraignment, as the Presidency was slammed by Nigerians who felt that the action was politically motivated and calculated to humiliate him and frustrate the electoral chances of Ademola Adeleke.
According to a Punch report, the police had explained that on July 21, 2017, the Osun State Police Intelligence Bureau received and acted on an actionable intelligence about an ongoing examination malpractice involving Senator Adeleke and Sikiru at Ojo-Aro Community Grammar School in the state. But while the police were taking steps to prosecute Adeleke, the Force failed to investigate or prosecute a former Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, for certificate forgery. She subsequently left for London, United Kingdom less than 24 hours after tendering her resignation letter.
We don’t know anything about her case because nobody reported any matter to us, we didn’t have any complaint against her, and nobody complained or reported to us. The Force has no knowledge of any case,” Moshood stated. When told that the matter was covered by the media for months, he retorted, “Did you (our correspondent) report to us?” he said. However when told that a non-governmental organisation, Human and Environmental Development Agenda Resource Centre, had petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to probe the forgery allegations against Adeosun before she resigned, Moshood directed further inquiries to the NGO.