honouring an their invitation at the Force Headquarters, Abuja.
The detention of Adeleke, the senator representing Osun West at the
National Assembly, has been condemned by his party, Kola Ologbondiyan,
its National Publicity Secretary, calling it “total disregard for the
extant order of the Federal High Court” in Abuja, which granted him
permission to travel to the United States on Tuesday for medical
check-up.
“This is highly provocative, an invitation to anarchy and recipe for a
very serious crisis not only in Osun but also in the judiciary and our
polity as a nation,” Ologbondiyan said.
“The arrest and detention of Senator Adeleke is a direct act of violence
against our laws, the institution of the judiciary and the 1999
Constitution (as amended).
“This is part of the grand plot by the All Progressives Congress to
coerce Senator Adeleke to relinquish the mandate that was freely given
to him by the people of Osun state, which was further established by the
election petition tribunal.”
he described the detention as a plot to “drag Adeleke before an
ostensibly compromised magistrate court” over the same issues of alleged
forged school testimonial that was already before the Federal High
Court.