The Ekiti State Police Rapid Response Squad (RRS) has brought the former Speaker and Acting Governor, Tunji Odeyemi, who also serves as the state PDP Chairman, along with three other party officials, to a magistrate court in Ado-Ekiti over a disagreement concerning the PDP Secretariat in Ajilosun, Ado-Ekiti.
Those arraigned include Chief Makanjuola Ogundipe, State Secretary Kole Abiodun, and Gani Salau, personal media aide to Ekiti PDP governorship candidate Dr. Oluwole Oluyede.
They were invited to the RRS office beside the State Command on Old Iyin Road after a petition alleging vandalism, theft, conspiracy, and illegal invasion of a property owned by Adebutu Kensington.
The petition claimed the Ajilosun property belonged to Ladi Adebutu, a PDP governorship candidate in Ogun State during the 2023 elections.
The PDP officials explained that the party purchased and developed the land and offered to provide documentation to support their claim.
Police took written statements from the leaders and inspected the secretariat before returning them to the RRS office.
Bail conditions were initially strict, requiring Level 16 civil servants to stand as surety for the three main officers.
The officials considered remaining in detention to allow judicial review of the property ownership.
After intervention from lawyers and prominent figures, the bail terms were adjusted, and the officials were released around 9 p.m., with instructions to report back the next morning.
Instead of meeting the Commissioner of Police as expected, the officials were moved from the RRS office to the magistrate court for arraignment.
PDP’s lawyer in Ekiti, Owoseeni Ajayi, described the case as a civil matter over property ownership, insisting that the proper venue for resolving ownership disputes is a civil court, not police proceedings.
Ajayi also noted that bail issues were being handled and expressed confidence that the court would clarify ownership of the secretariat.
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