The Ondo State deputy governor, Agboola Ajayi, on Friday submitted his curiosity kind to participate within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) major for the governorship election within the state.
He submitted the expression of curiosity kind at PDP secretariat in Abuja.
“I submitted my PDP nomination and expression of curiosity kinds on the Nationwide Headquarters of the occasion, Wadata Home, Abuja right this moment Friday, 26th June 2020. We’re making great progress!”, he wrote on Twitter.
I submitted my @OfficialPDPNig
nomination and expression of curiosity kinds on the Nationwide Headquarters of the occasion, Wadata Home, Abuja right this moment Friday, 26th June, 2020.We’re making great progress! pic.twitter.com/q2C8HUcOqu
— Agboola Alfred Ajayi (@AAjayiAgboola) June 26, 2020
Mr Ajayi’s spokesperson, Tope Okeowo, additionally confirmed his principal’s curiosity to PREMIUM TIMES late Friday night.
“The deputy governor submitted his curiosity kind right this moment and he could be contesting within the major election all issues being equal,” Mr Okeowo stated.
PREMIUM TIMES reported how Mr Agboola resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC) final week. He joined the opposition PDP on Sunday and was welcomed by the occasion’s nationwide chairman, Uche Secondus, in Akure on Monday
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This got here after he was prevented from leaving the federal government home in Akure in an official car by the state’s commissioner of police, Bolaji Salami, on Saturday.
Mr Salami stated he not too long ago caught wind of Mr Ajayi’s strikes to defect from the APC to PDP, an motion he stated ought to render him unqualified for some official advantages.
In response, Mr Ajayi argued that he should benefit from the perks of workplace as an incumbent deputy governor. He stated he used his private funds to purchase the Toyota Hilux truck from which he was being denied entry.
Mr Akeredolu in an announcement signed by his spokesperson, Segun Ajiboye, on Sunday, stated reviews linking him to the incident have been false. He stated he didn’t ask the commissioner of police to restrain his deputy from leaving the Authorities Home.
The deputy governor earlier this week alleged that Mr Akeredolu was making unlawful strikes to question him via monetary inducement of state’s lawmakers, an allegation that was denied by the governor and the state meeting.
On Wednesday, Mr Ajayi additionally alleged that there have been plans to withdraw his police escort, an allegation denied by the police commissioner.
Mr Agboola has stated he is not going to resign as Ondo deputy governor regardless of leaving the APC.
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