The Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, who resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has insisted he would not resign from the administration of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu.
His Chief Press Secretary, Tope Okeowo, in a telephone interview with an online medium said he would not resign.
In the meantime Ajayi has the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at Ward 2, Apoi in Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State. He had earlier dumped the All Progressive Congress (APC), on which he became deputy to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu.
He has been at loggerheads for months with his party over the coming governorship election in the state.
At the weekend he was prevented from leaving the government house in Akure in an official vehicle. He was stop by commissioner of police, Bolaji Salami, who said he discovered that the deputy governor was planning to cart away government property.
However, the deputy governor retorted that he used his personal funds to buy the Toyota Hilux truck from which he was denied access.
The governor in a statement by his press secretary Segun Ajiboye said reports linking him to the incident were false.
According to the governor, he did not ask the commissioner of police to restrain his deputy from leaving the Government House.
