Ondo state deputy governor, Mr Agboola Ajayi, was detained on Saturday
night for several hours by the state commissioner of police, Bolaji
Salami.
In the video obtained by Naija News, the commissioner was
heard saying “ your are already defecting, even your letter was brought
to me this evening , you are defecting on Monday”. The deputy governor
interjected and asked how his (Salami) decision to defect was a concern
of the Police commissioner. He said: “Are you not a police officer, a
senior officer, if I decide to leave a party for another, what’s your
concern, are you the APC chairman, are you the PDP chairman.”
Naija
News understands that the deputy governor had been nursing the idea of
dumping his principal Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu in the order to
contest against him in the forthcoming gubernatorial race in the state
for over a year and this has caused great rift between him and
Akeredolu.
In August 2019 he released a statement through his
spokesman, Babatope Okeowo denying plans to dump the ruling All
Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“This
is a blatant falsehood as Agboola Ajayi remains a bonafide member of
the APC and has no plan to dump the party for any rival political
party.” the statement said.
In a bid to ensure that his political
ambition was kept in secrecy, Ajayi again dismissed reports of a rift
between him and his boss while speaking at his (Ajayi’s) 51st birthday
celebration at the Ondo State Government House, Akure.
According to the Deputy Governor, he has the best working relationship with his boss.
Despite
all the denials, it is now clear that Ajayi has perfected plans to dump
the ruling All Progressives Congress for the Peoples Democratic Party
less than five months to the October 10, 2020 governorship election in
the state.
Findings revealed that the deputy governor’s defection
plan has created disaffection among top members of the APC and
loyalists of Akeredolu, who had been pleading with Ajayi not to leave
the party.
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