The Executive Governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko, who clocks 60 today, has defected from Labour Party to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), ending several weeks of speculation over his political future. Mimiko announced his formal defection at the banquet hall of the Presidential Villa yesterday after a reconciliation meeting of the South West PDP chaired by the President of the Senate, Senator David Mark. Mimiko was formally received into the PDP by the Vice President Namadi Sambo at an occasion witnessed by the Chief of Staff to the President, Jones Arogbofa, former governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel; Senator Bode Olajumoke and Olu Agunloye. According to Mimiko, members of the National Assembly and State House of Assembly from Ondo State on the Labour Party have also defected with him to the PDP.In his words, “By 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.”
Deji Sadiq, a.k.a DEJI OF LAGOS is a LASU trained Economist turned freelance journalist, a Blogger, an information strategist, a public affairs analyst and a committed activist with a passion for equal opportunities.
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