Former Deputy Governor Dragged to Police as He Reportedly Refuses to Return 4 Official Vehicles
- Former deputy governor of Ondo state, Agboola Ajayi, is yet to return the official vehicles in his possession months after leaving office
- After efforts to recover the vehicles proved abortive, the Ondo state government has sought the help of the police
- Governor Akeredolu's assistant on special duties said the former deputy governor is currently in possession of four official vehicles
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The Ondo state government has petitioned the Nigerian police over alleged unlawful possession of official vehicles by Agboola Ajayi, the immediate past deputy governor.
The Nation reports that the state government accused the former deputy governor of refusing to return four official vehicles in his possession months after leaving office.
Legit.ng gathers that Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu's senior assistant on special duties and strategy, Dr. Doyin Odebowale, signed the petition.
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Odebowale said he has been mandated to recover all government properties still in the possession of former political office holders in the state, especially those who served in the immediate past administration.
According to the governor's aide, all entreaties to Agboola to return the four vehicles for use of the incumbent deputy governor have been rebuffed, Nigerian Tribune also reported.
He urged the police to act in the petition and recover the vehicles for the state government's use.
The petition read partly:
“We lodge this complaint believing that you will use your good offices to look into this brazen act of conversion, and this is being charitable.
“Any person who keeps/detains the property of another with the intent to deprive the owner, permanently, of the usufruct right conferred therefrom, has committed an offence known in law as STEALING.
“This office undertakes to assist the Command with regard to the necessary logistics to recover the converted properties.”
Meanwhile, Agboola had earlier claimed he was yet to receive any letter asking him to return the vehicles.
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In other news, Governor Akeredolu on Thursday, April 1, handed over power to his deputy, Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa.
The Ondo state governor took this action following his decision to go on a 15-day working vacation beginning from Thursday.
Richard Olatunde, Akeredolu's chief press secretary, said the leave is supposed to end by Friday, April 23.
Source: Legit.ng
