I Get N12million Not N13m While You Get N900 Million Monthly, Ondo Deputy Gov Fires Back At Boss

-Adewale Adetoyese The Ondo State Deputy Governor, Mr. Agoola Ajayi, has replied his boss, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu over claims that he earns N13million monthly. TellAfrica gathered that Ajayi, who is the governorship candidate of Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) argued that he earns N12 million naira, noting that the governor gets a security vote of N750million naira and an imprest of about N150 million monthly. He was reacting to an earlier comment by Akeredolu claiming he (Ajayi) gets the highest running grant of N13m monthly. Ajayi in a statement signed by…

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Ondo 2020: Deputy Governor Agboola Grabs ZLP Ticket to Challenge His Boss

In Ondo State, the incumbent Deputy Governor Agboola Ajayi has been cleared by the Zenith Labour Party to contend as the party’s flagbearer in the coming October 10 gubernatorial election. TellAfrica had earlier reported how Mr Ajayi who lost the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket to Eyitayo Jegede and his recent meeting with state and national leaders of the ZLP which includes former Governor Olusegun Mimiko. We gathered that Mr Ajayi was cleared to contest by the ZLP national executive council last week. Confirming the development, the deputy governor’s spokesperson,…

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Ondo 2020: Deputy Governor Ajayi Eyeing Mimiko’s Party, ZLP

The Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi is allegedly expected to officially announce his move to the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) and will be adopted as the candidate of the party for the October 10 governorship election. Multiple sources close to Mr Ajayi and the ZLP have disclosed this to our correspondent S’Teller. Mr Ajayi who lost the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket to Eyitayo Jegede, has completed plans to join ZLP having met with state and national leaders of the party. One of those who is said to…

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Ondo State: Chief Judge Rejects Probe Request By MHA Against Deputy Governor

The Ondo State Judiciary under the leadership of Oluwatoyin Akeredolu C.J, has rejected a request to set up a probe panel from the state’s House of Assemblyagainst the deputy governor, Agboola Ajayi, over allegations of gross misconduct with an intent to impeach. The Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Bamidele Oleyelogun, had on Thursday written to the Chief Judge to set up a seven-man panel to investigate Mr. Alfred Ajayi, the Deputy Governor. A source in the office of the Chief Judge confirmed that the letter was rejected…

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Impeachment Notice: Why Some MHA Wants Ondo Deputy Governor’s Head

While 9 members of the Ondo State House of Assembly have recently dissociated themselves from the impeachment of Deputy Governor Alfred Agboola of Ondo State, other MHAs would not back down. Some of these MHAs are bent on the impeachment process on the account of alleged misconduct of the the Deputy Governor. The letter signed by 14 members of the Ondo State House of Assembly made seven allegations against the Deputy Governor The allegations are as follows; Gross Misconduct Abuse of office with action likely to bring down Ondo State…

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Ondo State: 9 House Of Assembly Members Dissociate Self From Deputy Governor’s Impeachment

Nine members of the Ondo State House of Assembly have dissociate themselves from an alleged plot to impeach the current Deputy Governor of the state, H.E Alfred Agboola Ajayi. This disclosure was made in a statement signed by the 9 MHA who stated that they have have made the decision based on person conviction. The letter addressed to the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Bamidele David Oleyelogun was intended to put other members of the house and the people of Ondo State on notice of their collective intent not…

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IGP Adamu Has Ordered The Ondo Police Commissioner To Restore The Security Details Of The State’s Deputy Governor

The Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the Commissioner of Police in Ondo State, Bolaji Salami, to restore the security details of the state’s Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, with immediate effect. This directive was contained in a letter issued to the Ondo Police Commissioner through the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Department of Operations, Force headquarters Abuja. The letter was sighted by our correspondent S’Teller on Monday with Ref. No CB: 2002/DOPS/FHQ/ABJ/VOL/77/168. The letter was signed on behalf of the IGP through Mr Austine Agbonlahor, Assistant Inspector-General of…

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