BREAKING: Court Bars AGF From Prosecuting Ex-Ogun PDP Candidate Adebutu For Vote Buying

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has stopped the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) from continuing its suit against a governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Oladipupo Adebutu.

Adebutu, alongside nine members of his party, was accused of criminal inducement and vote-buying on March 18, 2023, in the state.

Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo, in a judgement on Friday, held that prosecution of electoral offenders is the responsibility of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and not the AGF.

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