Ondo Governor Denies Allegation Of Bribing Lawmakers N10m Each To Impeach Deputy, Ajayi Agboola

By Bimbo Ogunnaike

The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has denied allegations of bribing members of the state House of Assembly with N10m each to impeach his deputy, Agboola Ajayi.

Akeredolu described the allegation of his deputy as a tactic to distract his administration.

It would be recalled that Ajayi’s Deputy Chief Press Secretary, Tope Okeowo, had on Tuesday alleged that 26 lawmakers of the state House of Assembly collected N10 million each to “illegally” impeach the deputy governor.

Okeowo had alleged that the impeachment move was because of Ajayi’s defection from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday.

The governor stated this in his verified Twitter handle on Wednesday

“N10 Million for each house member? How! Is it possible? Yet another tactic to distract this administration.

“Smiling face with open mouth and cold sweat I will not waste state or personal resources on a sunken ship. Let God decide his fate,” Akeredolu wrote.

He explained that he cannot waste his personal and state resources on what he termed a “sunken ship.”