It was reported on Sunday Tribune that the finance expert is likely to be picked up on Wednesday for questioning and possible detention.
The petitioners under the ages of Lagos APC Integrity Group alleged him of claiming to be from Lagos State, with evidence He is from Ondo State. Copies were submitted to the police and the Department of State Security Service (DSS) last week.
Attached to the petition were documents to prove the alleged perjury against the governorship candidate.
The petitioners accused Ambode of lying on oath by claiming in his Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination form in 1981 that he was from Ilaje in Ondo State, only to claim in his APC nomination form, on oath again, to be from Epe in Lagos State, during the governorship primary contest.
The former Accountant-General of Lagos State is now said to be under security surveillance, to forestall his escape from the country.
He would be declared wanted if he manages to escape from the country before security agents get to him.
A member of the Integrity Group disclosed that the party members behind the petition decided to be open about it so that Ambode’s case would not be couched as impunity on the part of the Federal Government or harassment by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Ambode, backed by the party’s national leader, Senator Bola Tinubu, last Thursday, defeated 12 others to clinch the party’s ticket.
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