How Ondo State Governor Mimiko Was "Forced" to Decamp to PDP
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“I must confess that it surely was tempting and perhaps more fulfilling to continue as a national leader in our smaller, calmer and quite promising ocean represented by the Labour Party.
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Finally, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have successfully forced
Governor of Ondo State; Dr. Olusegun Mimiko to dump the Labour Party
(LP) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2015 general
election.
According to Saharareporters sources, Dr. Mimiko had
been playing games with the party refusing to decamp several times after
promising to do.
During the well attended event which took place at the State House, in Abuja, Mimiko
read a prepapred speech saying he was returning to the PDP alongside
members of the House of Assembly, Federal lawmakers from the state and
members of the State Executive Council and some LP state executive
members.
He declared that his decision to return formally follows repeated consultation with major stakeholders of both the LP and PDP in his state.
He declared that his decision to return formally follows repeated consultation with major stakeholders of both the LP and PDP in his state.
“It is in the light of the foregoing that I, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko,
following extensive consultations across the land, today formally
announce the decision of members of National Assembly from the LP in
Ondo State, members of the LP in the Ondo State House of Assembly,
members of the State Executive Council and indeed all those who share
our aspirations, to join the PDP.
“This decision arose after a period of consultation with major
stakeholders in Ondo State, which include the aforementioned as well as
traditional and religious leaders, market men and women, artisans, trade
unions and community as well as party leaders”.
The Governor claimed that his earlier plans to join the PDP was
tormenting but was later hinged on the overall interest of the people.
“I must confess that it surely was tempting and perhaps more fulfilling to continue as a national leader in our smaller, calmer and quite promising ocean represented by the Labour Party.
“But this decision to return to the PDP, we have taken in the overall
interest of our people and our nation, and its democracy which for
those who are perceptive enough to notice, is now mortally endangered by
a constellation of forces which must be confronted."
With his defection, Mimiko is expected to lead the presidential
campaign for the re-election bid of President Goodluck Jonathan in the
South West region.
The Vice President, Namadi Sabo, Senate President, David Mark,
Senator Bode Olajumoke and other PDP bigwigs were present at the
official declaration of the governor.
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