Alleged Forgery: Police Investigating Adeleke Secretly, Arrest Osun Principal

'Dotun Akintomide
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Nigeria Police ForceĀ  on Thursday commenced a secret investigation into the allegations of certificate forgery levelled against the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke.

According to a Thisday report, policemen from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Alagbon, Lagos, were at Ede Muslim High School I, where the principal of the school, named Mr. Khalid Abbas, was said to have been arrested and taken to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) Osogbo before being transferred to Lagos.

The investigation also revealed that the officers also visited the head office of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osogbo for an undisclosed mission.

It was reported that a source in the schoolĀ  told journalists who visited the school that: ā€œIt was true that policemen from Lagos came to Ede Muslim High School. One of the teachers said that the policemen came to investigate the secondary school certificate which Senator Adeleke submitted to INEC.

ā€œThey noted that the signature on the testimonial was different from the notification of result which he submitted.

However, the principal was taken to the police headquarters in Osogbo before taken to Alagbon in Lagos.

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