A police commissioner claimed the action was because the deputy governor was planning to defect to an opposition party.
A video has emerged showing the Ondo State commissioner of police, Bolaji Salami, preventing the state’s deputy governor, Agboola Ajayi, from leaving the government house with an official vehicle.
How the rift between the governor and his deputy began was not immediately clear, but their fallout has broadened and became increasingly public ahead of party primaries. “I personally paid for this vehicle. You should not have put yourself in this mess. Let me tell you, you cannot repeat what happened in this state in 1983 because Ondo State people will resist you and your emperor with everything.”
The police’s handling of the matter was roundly criticised on social media Sunday morning, with commentators slamming the commissioner for seemingly allowing himself to be used by political interests — rather than upholding the longstanding principle of the police as an impartial institution.
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