ONDO Sate Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has denied planning
to leave the Labour Party (LP) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying
he is not in a hurry to leave the party that gave him the platform to emerge as
the governor of the state.
The polity, in recent times, has been awash with reports
that Mimiko, who is considered to be very close to the presidency and President
Goodluck Jonathan, had perfected plans to joining the PDP and that a sharing
arrangement of political offices in Ondo state at the ratio of 60:40 had been
sealed between the LP and PDP.
Reacting to the reports, Governor Mimiko urged LP supporters
and faithful to discountenance the rumours of his impending defection to the
PDP.
Mimiko, who made this known while fielding questions from
journalists shortly after the National Executive Council, NEC, meeting of LP,
in Abuja, said he was still a bonafide member of the party which gave him
mandate to govern Ondo state.
He said if at all there is need to leave the LP, he will make it public. “I don’t react to
rumours. If I am going to leave the Labour Party I will declare it openly,” he
said adding that the report was a mere rumour and he still remained a strong
member of the Labour party.
He stressed: “All the reports you hear or read are mere
rumours and I cannot react to rumours. As you can see, I am here today to
attend the Labour party NEC meeting. I will also be in Akure on October 4 when
we will host the third National
convention of our party.”
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