The Chief Magistrate Court in Abuja on Tuesday admitted Senator Ademola Adeleke to a N2million bail after he pleaded not guilty to the certificate forgery accusation levelled against him.
Adeleke who was charged at an Abuja magistrates’ court is also the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, in the election held last September.
An election tribunal validated his election in a split ruling in March. An Appeal court will shortly pronounce its verdict on who was the real winner between him and Governor Gboyega Oyetola, who contested on the platform of the All Progressives Congress.
The allegation of certificate forgery had dogged the senator in the run-up to the election in the state, leading to his arrest before the poll.
President Muhammadu Buhari waded into the case and ordered the police to release him.
Recently, Justice Othman Musa of the FCT High Court declared the Secondary School Certificate presented by Adeleke to…
