Daily Trust
Ayo Akinyelure, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senator who lost his reelection ticket, has retrieved two of the vehicles he donated to delegates before the primary election.
Daily Trust had reported how Akinyelure and Nicholas Tofowomo, another incumbent PDP Senator, lost their reelection tickets.
In the election, Ifedayo Adedipe, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), clinched the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senatorial ticket with 82 votes while the current occupier of the seat polled a distant 58 votes.
One of the persons whom Akinyelure withdrew the gift from was identified as Chief Segun Adegoke, a delegate who voted at the election.
The Senator also gave him a 24-hour ultimatum to return the dollars he reportedly got before the election.
Commenting on the development, spokesperson of the Senator, Charles Akinwon, defended the action of his principal, saying the delegates did not fulfil the bargain made before the election.
In a statement Akinwon said, “For avoidance of doubt and to put the record straight, the public is to take note of the following facts as regards the case in question; Hon Akindiose, you promise to deliver Ondo East for Sen Ayo Akinyelure (ALLOVER-1) in the just concluded PDP primary election on a conditional promise to buy you a car for the work you did in 2019 and the Senator told you that this is not practicable in the present circumstances because there are 5 other chairmen and all of you have been receiving N25,000 monthly allowance unhindered since his assumption of office over two and half years ago and you later complained that your car was faulty, and demanded that you need a car urgently to do the job of Ondo East and West to deliver substantial delegates for him and the Car (Lexus 330) in question was released to you from his pool to work for him and be returned on completion of the assignment, and he promised to buy a car for you if you deliver on your promises to win the primary election…
