Saturday 28 June 2014
President Jonathan gives Mimiko one month to dump LP for PDP – Report
Reports indicate that Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo
State may soon dump from his party, Labour Party (LP) for
the ruling party, Peoples Democratic Party.
It was learnt that the decision was taken in a meeting, which
had some PDP leaders from South West and Mimiko , Aso
Rock , Abuja.
Dr. Mimiko was said to have successfully reclaimed his
mandate in 2009 after a legal believed to have been
influenced by President Goodluck Jonathan.
According to reports from Daily Post, Mimiko is seen as one
of the major beneficiaries of Jonathan’s administration to the
extent he is regarded a PDP bigwig in South West.
A source, who is also the major financier of PDP in
the South West, said the pressure is now on Mimiko
to dump his party and join PDP since it won Ekiti
election.
The time frame, according to the source close to the
PDP, became imperative due to President Goodluck
Jonathan’s readiness to declare his intention to run
for second term soonest.
Mimiko is expected to be part of the those that will
grace the official declaration of the president.
Continuing, the source said “delegates are very
important to congress, if Mimiko refused to declare
for the PDP and properly decamp openly, how will
he be parts of the delegates selection process?”
“That means that Mimiko must decamp to the PDP
because if he doesn’t , Olusola Oke and other
leaders will be the one to nominate delegates and
take charge of the party in Ondo state”
He said if the governor refuse to join PDP openly ,
leaders like Oke will take over the leadership of the
party in the state and Mimiko will only be floating
even if he decamps later.
The PDP leader said “given the situation at hand, if
Mimiko refuse to decamp with the one month
ultimatum given to him, he may likely face the wrath
of the Presidency or be ready to fight real hard
with the federal might”.
When contacted on this issue, Mimiko Chief Press
Secretary, Eni Akinsola did not pick calls.
A chieftain of LP, who preferred anonymity, said it
is a sensitive matter that can only be reacted to by
Governor Mimiko.
He, however, added that the body language of
Mimiko has shown that he is working closely with
the PDP.
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