THE Federal Government will arraign Senator Ademola Adeleke (Osun West) and four others before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja over their alleged involvement in examination malpractices on October 31.

Adeleke, others are facing a four-count charge filed in the name of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) of fraudulently, through impersonation, registering as students of Ojo-Aro Community Grammar School, Ojo-Aro Osu State to enable them sit for the National Examination Council (NECO) examination of June/July 2017.

Named with Adeleke, in the charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/156/2018, are: Sikiru Adeleke, Alhaji Aregbesola Mufutau (Principal of the school), Gbadamosi Thomas Ojo (school Registrar) and Dare Samuel Olutope (teacher).

They are to be arraigned before Justice I. E. Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja.

Police spokesperson, Jimoh Moshood had earlier said that investigations revealed that Senator Adeleke - governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the recent Osun state governorship election and his brother Sikiru Adeleke registered and sat for the National Examination Council Examination (NECO) 2017 as internal candidates, impersonating students of the school at the ages of 57 and 42 years respectively.

A police statement had also revealed that investigations had dug up indictable facts against Ademola Adeleke and four others.

Moshood further revealed that the pictures of both Senator Adeleke and his brother Sikiru Adeleke’s were captured in the school’s photo book of 2017 but had no NECO seal on them, unlike the rest of the students.

According to the statement, “Senator Ademola Adeleke made the cautionary statement and admitted that he registered for the 2017 NECO examinations as an internal student in the said school and did not sit for the examination but have a result from NECO with Seven Credit and One Pass, a copy of which was obtained from NECO by the Police.

“The Ojo/Aro 2017 NECO, SSCE school photo album (School’s copy), with Senator Ademola Adeleke and Sikiru Adeleke Photographs in school uniform in the said album. Senator Ademola Adeleke in the NECO 2017 Result obtained, claimed that he was born on 12th June 1997 but in his statement to the Police, senator Ademola Adeleke wrote 13th May 1960 as his date of birth.

“The photographs of both Senator Ademola Adeleke and Sikiru Adeleke appearing side by side in the photo album have no NECO stamps on them."