A former speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dele Olugbemi has been remanded in prison by a magistrate court sitting in Ado Ekiti.
According to, Olugbemi was arrested and arraigned by the Rapid Response Squad of the Ekiti State Police Command over the attempted murder of one Chief Ogunyemi Aluko.
Chief Ogunyemi Aluko, a leader of OPC in Ekiti had petitioned the police alleging that the ex-speaker defrauded him of four hundred thousand naira and in order not to pay back, he had continued to send some persons to kill him.
The last straw that broke the camel’s back was on Monday when some of the boys allegedly sent by Olugbemi attacked the OPC leader with a bottle, hence he ran to the police for a rescue.
The former Speaker, Rt. Hon Dele Olugbemi was elected lawmaker between 2011 - 2015 when he represent Ikole State Constituency 1 and was a member, of the House of Assembly Service Commission. He was a speaker between November 2014 to June 2015.
Below are pictures of the complainant after the attack.
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