Immediate past governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola is in big trouble. Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Hon. Soji Adagunodo is calling for his arrest over charges bordering on forgery and presentation of fake police report to election petition tribunal.

Adagunodo said; “It should be recalled that Mr Aregbesola and one other person were facing a six count charge before an Abuja High court for forging and presenting a fake police report to an election petition tribunal in 2007 before assuming office as governor in 2010.”

“Now that Mr Aregbesola no longer enjoys constitutional immunity, the Inspector General of Police is duty bound to arrest him and present him before the court to prove his innocence in the charge.”

“While forgery itself is a weighty crime, forging a security document like a police report should be a matter of concern to the public and must not be swept under the carpet in any guise.”

“Since time does not run against the state in criminal matters, the Attorney General of the Federation and the Inspector General of Police have no excuse whatsoever to abandon the case of forgery against the former governor.”

“PDP is calling on civil society organisations and concerned stakeholders to lend their voices to the call, it is on the basis of the forged police report that the Appellate tribunal in Ibadan ordered a retrial of Aregbesola’s petition in 2009.”