F-SARS arrests Governor Ajimobi's former aide for withholding N18.5m meant for "election violence"

Former Special Assistant on Youth and Student Matters to Abiola Ajimobi, Governor of Oyo State, odwin Obode has been in remission by operatives of F-SARS.



According to a report by SaharaReporters, Obode was picked up by men of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (F-SARS) some days past following his refusal to come the N18.5million he allegedly received from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State for the final election however didn't pay.



Obode worked for Ajimobi throughout his 1st term as Governor however afterwards resigned with the reason that he wished to relocate abroad. He later visited work for Teslim Folarin, a two-term Peoples political party (PDP) legislator United Nations agency contested  (and lost) the 2015 Oyo State office election on PDP’s platform before change of integrity the APC in 2017.



However, towards the 2019 election once APC was fearing a nasty performance, the party engaged Obode to ruin the election in Okeogun and Oyo city.

“Ajimobi gave him cash to mobilise students as security protect the election,” a senior party figure United Nations agency asked to not be named, told SaharaReporters.

“They gave him N18.5million for the election, however they later noticed that he didn’t do anything; he was simply having fun, drinking, on polling day. They were even business him to induce field reports on polling day, however they couldn’t get him.

"The downside now's that despite the most effective efforts of the Governor to recoup the cash, Obode doesn’t need to come it.”

When respiratory disease officers searched his house last week, they found the bag with that the N18.5million was delivered to him. The bag still contained a leftover total of N9million.



Obodo was then in remission however later discharged, although he still has got to report at the F-SARS workplace often. SaharaReporters understands the “security cover” within the temporary to Obode was truly “election violence”. per a celebration supply, it had been “to disrupt choice at polling units wherever the method doesn’t favour the APC”