Court orders arrest of Tunde Aluko

A Magistrate Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has ordered the immediate arrest of former State Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti state, Temitope Aluko over alleged perjury.

The arrest order was issued by the Chief Magistrate of Ado-Ekiti, Adesoji Adegboye, on an Ex-parte motion instituted by the Ekiti State Government against Aluko based on Section 117 of the Criminal Code Law, Cap C16, law of Ekiti State 2012, Section 79 of the Ekiti State Administration of Criminal Justice Law 2014 and Section 23 (D) of the Magistrates’ Courts Law 2014.

The Motion was filed by the State Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Mr Gbemiga Adaramola.

Aluko is being sued because of the recent interview he granted Channels Television on Sunday 31 January, 2016.

Ekiti State Attorney General, Sunday Olowolafe, would made the call for the prosecution of Aluko, stated that:

“I hereby apply to your office that Dr Temitope Kolawole Aluko be arrested and sued for perjury in view of the interview recently granted on Channels Television by 8:00pm on Sunday 31 January, 2016.

“The said Dr Temitope Kolawole Aluko now recanted the evidence he gave in the cause of the hearing of the Ekiti State Governorship Election Petition as a star witness even up to the Supreme Court. The Certified True Copy of the State on Oath, evidence of Dr Temitope Kolawole Aluko in Court on the 12/11/14 and Nigerian Tribune and The Punch newspapers of Monday, 01/02/2016 that reported the interview granted are hereto attached. “It is to be noted that this if this act (Perjury) is not looked into, it will definitely defile the cause of justice and consequently rubbished the judicial proceedings.”

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