The Nigeria Police have invited Senator Iyiola Omisore over an alleged attack on the late Senator Isiaka Adeleke in the build-up to the governorship primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2014.

The late senator, who signified his interest to run to be the party flagbearer in the 2014 Osun state governorship election, accused Omisore and a former Minister of State for Police Affairs, Jelili Adesiyan and one Sogo Agboola, of beating him up at a hotel where he had gone to meet officials of the PDP sent to conduct the primary.

Despite the death of the complainant, the police last week sent an invitation to Omisore asking him to report to the Police Headquarters in Osogbo concerning the case of assault levelled against him by the late senator. A copy of the letter made known to newsmen in Osogbo on Sunday dated, October 20, 2017 was signed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Umega Uzochukwu.

The Police Public Relations Officer in Osun state, Folashade Odoro, told journalists that the police invited the senator.

Omisore and the family of the late senator seem to have buried their differences as a result of the alleged attack on Adeleke because Omisore was one of the PDP chieftains that supported Adeleke’s younger brother, Ademola to win the by-election held on July 8.

A source close to him said that the former deputy governor did not go to the police on Friday.

The source, who pleaded anonymity, did not state the reason for Omisore’s refusal to honour the invitation but he said the reason for the “belated invitation was political.”

He said, “Governorship election is holding in Osun next year and politicians may want to use anything to stop their opponents. This is most likely going to be one of it.”