The Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi was temporarily blocked from leaving the Ondo State Government House on Saturday night by some police officers led by the state commissioner of Police, Salami Bolaji.
It was gathered that Agboola was trying to move out of the government house as part of preparations for his rumoured defection to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP next week.
The politicians alongside some of his personal aides were trying to move properties out of the premises when they were accosted by the Police officers who refused to let them leave.
The police commissioner, reportedly acting on instructions from Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo, directed his men to block Agboola’s convoy.
Speaking with journalists, Allen Sowore, spokesman of Agboola, said the deputy governor was taken hostage for several hours.
“We could not leave the government house for several hours yesterday as they refused the deputy governor to pack his personal belongings,” he said.
“At a time, the deputy governor had to ask the stand of the commissioner of Police in this matter, because the way he acted yesterday was just too low of him as a public officer and not a politician.”
Meanwhile a special assistant on media to the state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, Olatunde Richard claimed that the deputy governor was trying to move out properties belong to the state government.
