Adebutu�s vote-buying petition against Abiodun diversionary, says group

A group, Ogun Integrity Vanguard, has tackled the governorship candidate of the� Peoples Democratic Party� in the March 18 governorship election in the� state, Oladipupo Adebutu, over a fresh petition against� Governor Dapo Abiodun on vote-buying allegation.

The group, which described Adebutu�s petition as frivolous and diversionary, asked him to rather� present himself for trial on the charges filed against him by the Federal Government.

Adebutu had recently written a fresh petition to the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, accusing Abiodun and the All Progressives Congress of� vote-buying, electoral violence and intimidation of voters.

Adebutu, through his lawyer, Ehi Uwaifoh, also accused� Abiodun of using N5bn to induce voters with pre-loaded top-up gift cards loaded with N10,000 and N5,000 each

But reacting to the fresh petition, Ogun Integrity Vanguard, in a statement by its secretary, Duro Thomas, said, �It is disturbing that after the Federal Government had investigated their vote-buying plot and charged them to court, Adebutu and some accused members of the PDP in Ogun State are now writing petitions to the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Alkali Baba, asking him to investigate Governor Dapo Abiodun and the APC for vote-buying too.�

While referencing money laundering and vote-buying charges filed against Adebutu and some PDP members by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation,� the group said, �It is laughable that these people are desperately trying to push a counter-narrative too late in the day.�