The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun state has issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, to release an investigative report of an allegation of vote buying levelled against Governor Dapo Abiodun and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), during the last general elections.
The PDP chairman in the state, Sikirulahi Ogundele, gave the ultimatum during a press briefing held at the party’s secretariat in Abeokuta, the state capital.
Politics Nigeria earlier reported that Adebutu, through his lawyer, wrote a petition to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) alleging financial inducement and electoral violence and intimidation of voters by the APC during the March 18 gubernatorial elections in Ogun State.
Ogundele informed journalists that while the police had “hurriedly” released an interim report on Adebutu’s probe, they failed same with the governor’s investigation.
The PDP chairman said the party had on good authority that the investigation has been concluded but that the command refused to make the report public.
“The PDP was aware that Governor Abiodun and his party, APC, were putting unbearable pressure, and as well threatening the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, and his officers to allegedly suppress the release and distort the findings of the investigation ordered by the immediate past Inspector General of Police, Baba Alkali, based on the opposition party’s petition dated May 2, 2023,” he said.
“We are also aware that Governor Dapo Abiodun is trying to suppress the report because he knows the investigations have uncovered many atrocities he has perpetuated with his co-travelers with evidence provided by various witnesses and facts made available and how government accounts were used to buy votes.”
