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ALDIN Ayo hopes that a Sorsogon police report clarifying him of any wrongdoing in the controversial Bicol bubble at the University of Santo Tomás will help him convince the UAAP Board of Trustees (BOT) to revoke his indefinite ban.
“I feel vindicated by the result of the investigation of the PNP of the city of Sorsogon on the alleged violations of the IATF in our activity in Capuy, Sorsogon; the result of which was duly confirmed by the Office of the Governor of the Province of Sorsogon” it said in a statement. on Friday.
Sorsogon Police and the Sorsogon Provincial Government, through Governor Chiz Escudero, said an investigation found that Ayo did not violate any pandemic health protocol when he brought his UST team to his hometown for an ‘agricultural training program ‘.
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Ayo resigned as a UST coach and was later suspended indefinitely by UAAP based on the findings of an independent investigation conducted by the school. He hopes the PNP report will help convince the league to lift the ban.
“It is a huge boost to my call to reconsider the indefinite ban on UAAP that was imposed on me,” Ayo said.
The controversial coach said the issues the Sorsoson PNP took into account in its investigation were “overlooked” by the school’s investigation committee that became the basis for his suspension.
“I have diligently raised issues that the UST investigative committee overlooked in its findings that became the basis for the UAAP decision. These pertinent issues, if properly considered, can significantly alter the decision of the UAAP Board.” .
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“The result of the investigation carried out by the corresponding government authorities, the PNP in the field, in my house and farm, will certainly complement my position on the matter: that I have not violated in any way any national and local government of
IATF protocol or regulations “.
Sorsogon’s PNP investigation, which was later certified by Governor Chiz Escudero, said that Ayo conducted “special agricultural personal development training” for his players on his mahogany and crap farm and no team practices that were prohibited during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The players “were able to make use of a basketball court located inside the game room. [Ayo’s] house where the players had individual training and not team practice “while waiting for the harvest, the report adds.
“According to the evidence gathered, there was no basketball training of the UST sanctioned team at the home of Mr. Aldin Ayo nor were there any basketball activities prohibited by his guests outside of his residence and within the jurisdiction of the province of Sorsogon”, said the Sorsogon. The PNP report concluded.
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Ayo also lashed out at her critics who refuse to believe her story, saying: “It’s understandable that many people find it hard to believe that basketball players can also participate in farm work and training, and plant trees. But yes. the truth is like that, then it is. Because truth is stranger than fiction. “
There, he issued a challenge: “Come to my house and farm in Capuy, Sorsogon, and see for yourself. Because the harvest is great and the workers few,” he concluded.
