BREAKING: Ondo Deputy Gov resigns from APC, joins PDP

Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi has resigns his membership of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Apoi Ward 2, Ese Odo Local Government Area of the State.

This is coming few hours on Sunday after he was stopped from going out of the Government House in Alagbaka, Akure, by the state Police Commissioner, Bolaji Salami and his men.

While dropping his resignation letter at the APC secretariat in Apoi Ward 2, Ese Odo LGA, Ajayi said everybody knew why he left Nigeria’s rulling party, APC.

Shortly after, he went to the secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party in the ward where he made known his resignation from the party and got the PDP card.

Ondo Deputy Gov resigned from APC, Joined PDP

Earlier, the state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu had explained the reason police stopped his Deputy Agboola Ajayi. And added that he was not involved in the drama that happened between his Deputy and the police.

Police officers led by Bolaji Salami, commissioner of police, prevented the deputy governor from leaving his official quarters at the government house premises, on Saturday night.

Agboola and some of his personal aides were trying to move out their properties out of the government house when they were stopped.

Some of the supporters of Ajayi had said the police acted on the governor’s directives.

But in a statement on Sunday, Segun Ajiboye, Akeredolu’s spokesman, described the governor’s alleged involvement in the saga as “absolute falsehood”.

He said it is a normal practice in government for inventory of offices and residential quarters to be taken before an official leaves such premises.

Ajiboye said it is “worrisome” that aides of the deputy governor maintained that wanted to leave the government premises with items wrapped in unclear ownership.

He said the commissioner of police involvement was to restore law and order.

“It should, however, be placed on records that it is a time-tested code in government’s business for officials to take inventory of offices and quarters before and after an official is moving in or out of offices or quarters,” the statement read.

“Accordingly, the Commissioner of Police intervention which was at the instance of an almost manipulated security apparatus at the Government House was most desirable to restore law and order.

“It becomes particularly worrisome and suspicious when aides of the Deputy Governor insisted on leaving the premises with items wrapped in unclear ownership as late as 11pm.

“Governor Akeredolu reiterates his commitment to the rights of all, including the Deputy Governor governor. But he has a duty to be firm and dispassionate in exercising the roles assigned to him.”

Then there was not confirmed reports that the Deputy governor was going to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), where he intends to run against the governor in the forthcoming election in the state.