Abuja based Non-Governmental Organisation; the Society for Rule of Law
\nin Nigeria (SRLN) has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution
\nof former Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti
\nState, Mr Temitope Aluko for depositing to false affidavit and giving
\nfalse evidence at the State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal.<\/p>\n
In a statement issued on Wednesday<\/span><\/span> and signed by its National Recall that Mr Aluko was before the Election Petition Tribunal on It was based on his statement on oath and the evidence he gave when he Throughout the period that the matter was before the courts \u2013 lower If nine months after the Supreme Court, which is the final bus stop on To make this matter more interesting, Mr Aluko confessed with his own It is our opinion that if this clear case of perjury is ignored by the It is therefore our demand that the Inspector General of Police should Abuja based Non-Governmental Organisation; the Society for Rule of Law in Nigeria (SRLN) has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of former Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nCo-ordinator, Dr Chima Ubeku, the SRLN said it was miffed that someone
\nlike Mr Aluko, who by himself confessed to have committed perjury was
\nstill being allowed to move around freely.<\/p>\n
\nNovember 12th, 2014 where he testified on oath that the June 21st,
\n2014 Ekiti State Governorship election was free, fair, credible and
\ntransparent. He also said that security agents, including soldiers
\nperformed their duties without harassing anyone.<\/p>\n
\ntestified at the tribunal that the court ruled that the police and
\nmilitary were not necessary parties in the election petition and the
\njudgment was upheld by both the Appeal and Supreme courts.<\/p>\n
\ntribunal, appeal court and Supreme Court, Mr Aluko, in various
\nnewspaper publications maintained his position that the election was
\nfree, fair, credible and transparent.<\/p>\n
\ngovernorship election matters gave its final verdict on disputes
\narising from the Ekiti governorship election, Mr Aluko is now going
\nabout, singing a different song, it behoves on the police to arrest
\nand get him prosecuted for perjury.<\/p>\n
\nmouth that he was releasing what he called secrets of how the Ekiti
\nelection was rigged because Governor Ayo Fayose did not fulfil his
\npromise of appointing him Chief of Staff.<\/p>\n
\nPresident Mohammadu Buhari-led federal government because Mr Aluko is
\nnow on the side of the APC, dangerous precedence that can consume our
\ndemocracy is being set.<\/p>\n
\norder the immediate arrest and prosecution of Mr Aluko. In the absence
\nof this, the Ekiti State Government, through the Attorney-General and
\nCommissioner for Justice should invoke its power to prosecute him
\nforthwith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"