By Fola James
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has restored the security details of Deputy Governor of Ondo state, Agboola Ajayi.
Agboola is currently embattled with Governor Rotimi Akeredolu over who becomes the next governor in the state, and the crisis of confidence, led to the withdrawal of the Deputy Governor’s police security details by the state Commissioner Police, last week.
The Deputy Governor had called on President Muhammdu Buhari and IGP to save his life by prevailing on the state police boss to restore his security.
In a memo on Monday, Adamu directed the Police Commissioner through the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Operations, Force Headquarters, Abuja, to restore policemen attached to Agboola.
The memo with Ref. No CB: 2002/DOPS/FHQ/ABJ/VOL/77/168 was signed on behalf of the IGP by Austine Agbonlahor, Assistant Inspector-General of Police.
Meanwhile, Governor Akeredolu yesterday disclosed that his deputy was only crying foul where there’s none, adding that Agboola was just trying to mislead the public.
The state helmsman, who spoke through his chief Press Secretary, Segun Ajiboye said Agboola was the one that disengaged his Aide de Camp and other police details, but later cried out that they were withdrawn.
The governor said: “He applied for six policemen, instead of the statutory eight for a deputy governor on June 10 and the IGP approved via Letter No: CB0900/DOPS/ FHQ/ABJ/VOL/60/263 dated same 10th June, 2020.
It shows that none of his security details was withdrawn as he made the innocent public to believe. The security guards attached to his official residence have remained intact. None was removed or withdrawn.”
