Ogun PDP senatorial candidate denies alleged imprisonment

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Ogun Central Senatorial District, Chief Olumide Aderinokun, has described reports claiming he was convicted of fraud and imprisoned as baseless. Aderinokun, who alleged the report was sponsored by All Progressives Congress (APC) media influencers in an attempt to tarnish his image, said the plan was dead on arrival. In a statement yesterday, his media assistant, Taiye Taiwo, revealed that Aderinokun, who is a property developer, had a business dispute with the Lagos State government in the past, which had been sued by the government, adding that he had never been convicted of a crime before the case was dropped. He said, “There was a commercial dispute between Chief Aderinokun and the Lagos State government in 2017; it was later transferred to a State High Court by the Lagos State Government.

"In the first hearing of the case, the court granted bail to Chief Aderinokun and the conditions were immediately fulfilled by his sureties and he did not enter Kirikiri prison as has been done. been widely reported. “After further court appearances, the case was discontinued and dismissed by the Lagos State High Court pursuant to Section 71 of ACJI 2021 (as amended).” Taiwo reiterated that Aderinokun and the people of the Central Senatorial District of Ogun were not deterred by the malicious steps taken by the opposition to stop the mandate of the people in the upcoming general elections.He also assured that Aderinokun would not would not stop his empowerment programs in the six local councils of Ogun Central, which are aimed at alleviating the economic hardships of Gateway State and Nigeria in general.