In a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Taiwo Salako, the organisation said that the magnitude of electoral fraud perpetrated by Adebutu and his party, the PDP, during the election was unprecedented in the state, urging concerned authorities to address the infraction and make the perpetrators face the full wrath of the law.
It stressed that after polluting the political atmosphere of the state and flagrantly flouted the extant law of the land and the Electoral Act, Adebutu and his co-travellers in the atrocities must be prosecuted to serve as deterrent to others with the same mentality of electoral rascality.
According to the statement, ever since the crime was committed and consequently exposed, the PDP’s candidate had been running from pillar to pole purposely to evade arrest and escape prosecution, which informed his recent travel abroad.
The group, therefore, called for his immediate arrest, if necessary, with the help of INTERPOL, adding that justice in that kind of situation must not be delayed in any way because of its adverse impact on the people and the sanctity of electoral process in Nigeria.
It added that the electoral infraction committed by Adebutu during the gubernatorial election in the state without recourse to electoral law was a great threat to democracy not only in Ogun but also in Nigeria at large.
The statement reads in part: “It is highly regrettable and practically unthinkable that someone like Oladipupo Adebutu is still going around as a free man after committing such heinous act of that magnitude during the gubernatorial election in Ogun State, in which the political environment of the state was badly polluted.
“Adebutu, by his action, had set a very bad precedence of broad day electoral fraud with impunity unless he is being prosecuted and made to face justice as a way of passing a strong message to politicians who are too desperate to get to power through the back-door and for selfish political interest.”
