The crisis between the Ondo state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, and his deputy, Agboola Ajayi, took a different turn today July 7 with members of the state’s House of Assembly serving a notice of impeachment to Mr. Ajayi. The impeachment proceedings started this morning with 14 of the 26 members signing the impeachment notice and nine of them voting against the decision. According to the notice, the deputy governor is being accused of gross misconduct, abuse of office, financial recklessness, …
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The embattled Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi has accused the state’s Commissioner of Police, Bolaji Salami of withdrawing his police escort and endangering his life, that of his family and his aides. In a statement released few days after a video of him and the police commissioner having a heated argument went viral, Ajayi appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari and the Inspector General of Police, Adamu Muhammed to intervene as he still enjoys immunity by virtue of his …
Ondo State’s Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi who resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and picked up a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) membership card on Sunday June 21, has stated that he won’t be resigning from Akeredolu’s government. Ajayi averred that though he resigned from the APC, the people who elected him as Deputy Governor of Ondo State have not asked him to resign. He said; “My people that voted for me did not ask me to …