Olusegun Mimiko
Ex-Ondo gov., Mimiko set to join PDP
Former Governor of Ondo State, Chief Olusegun Mimiko has reportedly concluded arrangements to rejoin the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Adamawa State Governor and Chairman of the PDP National Convention Planning Committee, Ahmadu Fintiri, while confirming the development, also corroborated an earlier statement made by immediate past President of the Nigerian Senate, Chief Olusola Saraki, on the Mimiko move.
Mimiko is a chieftain of the Zenith Labour Party and founding member of the Labor Party (LP) who collapsed his party’s structure into the PDP during his tenure as Ondo governor.
Fintiri disclosed, Tuesday, that Mimiko will soon defect to the PDP.
Fintiri stated this on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Tuesday, was responding responded to the claim that the PDP has lost some governors to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) by saying that elections are not won by the number of governors a party has.
He boasted that some prominent APC members will defect to the PDP before the next general election.
Governor Fintiri’s statement came hours after former Senate President Bukola Saraki predicted that some APC high-ranking officials and a former governor would defect to the PDP soon.
During an interview with Arise News TV, the former governor of Kwara said: “We’ve got some bigwigs that are coming to the party. This week, there’s a former governor that’ll join the party. We’ve had a couple who have joined.”
PDP, APC allegedly lobbied Mimiko to move from the ZLP.
Mimiko left the PDP in 2018 to form the LP, which ran former deputy governor Agboola Ajayi against incumbent Rotimi Akeredolu in the governorship election in 2020.
