Senator Ademola Adeleke
The Principal of Ede Muslim High School, Ede, Mr Khalid Abass has
been arrested by Police detectives from the Force Criminal Investigation
Department (FCID), Alagbon Close, Ikoyi regarding the statement of
result and testimonial issued to the flag bearer of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming September 22 gubernatorial
poll, Senator Ademola Adeleke.
According to Nigerian Tribune,
detectives, who were investigating the authenticity of the documents
stormed school premises on Wednesday around 12.45 pm to apprehended the
principal over alleged post-dating of the testimonial.
One of the teachers, who pleaded anonymity hinted that policemen
came on Wednesday to arrest the principal, explaining that the only
issue raised by the security agents was the alleged discrepancy on the
date of the testimonial authorised by the school principal, Mr Khalid
Abass.
He further disclosed that the principal was subsequently taken away
by the police in their vehicle to one of the police stations within Ede
township, just as he said he had not been sighted since Wednesday after
his encounter with the police detectives.
But, when contacted over the development, Osun State Commissioner
for Education, Mr Kola Omotunde-Young in a text message forwarded to the
Tribune Online said he was not aware of the incident, pointing out that
the alleged arrest of the principal had not been brought to the
attention of his ministry.
The text message reads thus, “I am not in any way aware of this
information. I am currently in Abuja attending the 63rd meeting of the
National Council on Education. I have called the office to ask them and
the ministry has not been informed.”
Similarly, the Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fimihan Adeoye
said he was not aware of the arrest of the principal, stating that “I
have been in Abuja since Tuesday. When you called the other time, I was
attending a meeting. I am not aware of what you are saying. I am not
aware of it.”
Meanwhile, one of the state executive members of the Nigeria Union
of Teachers (NUT), Osun State chapter confirmed the arrest of the
principal to The Tribune, disclosing that “it is true that policemen
from Lagos came to Ede Muslim High School. I was told by the teachers
that the policemen came to investigate the secondary school certificate
which Senator Ademola Adeleke submitted to INEC.”
“They said the signature on the testimonial is different from
the notification of result which he submitted. The principal was taken
to the police headquarters in Osogbo and he was eventually taken to
Alagbon in Lagos. They went to the school on Wednesday and the man has
not been released. I think he will be released soon,” he asserted.