The senator representing Ondo Central in the National Assembly, Ayo Akinyelure has demanded that leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) return the cars he gave to them before the primary election.
Reports say he gifted them the cars to enable him secure the ticket for re-election to the Senate; unfortunately, he lost.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions came second in the Ondo Central senatorial primary on Monday, after Ifedayo Adedipe (SAN), who won and received 82 votes.
Akinyelure received 58 votes, with ex-Ondo State PDP Chairman, Clement Faboyede coming 3rd with 57 votes.
Daily Post reports tespite the money and vehicles he allegedly used as mobilization for the race, the legislator was believed to have requested his vehicles back from the leaders after being disappointed with the primary’s outcome.
Sources gathered that Akinyelure recovered the vehicles he gifted Segun Adegoke, a member of the PDP Board of Trustees, and Hon. Wole Akindiose, a former PDP Chairman in Ondo East and a national delegate to the party’s approaching convention
Akinyelure’s Media and Strategy Adviser, Charles Akinwon, said the Senator only retrieved the vehicle given to Akindiose because of his role in the primaries.
Akinyelure blamed defeat on Monday on the immediate past Governor, Olusegun Mimiko.