Former governor of Ondo state Olusegun Mimiko has expressed his intention to join the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The former governor made his intention known after his meeting with the chairman of PDP Governors’ Forum and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal in Ondo town, Ondo State.
Tambuwal, alongside Governors of Oyo, Rivers, and Abia states, Seyi Makinde, Nysom Wike and Okezie Ikpeazu were in Ondo on Thursday, to meet with Mimiko and other top politicians in the state ahead of 2023 general elections.
“We are here in Ondo town, the residence of our leader, Olusegun Mimiko, to re-invite him to his political family, the PDP and as you can see, we have governors from Rivers, Oyo, and Abia states and we have had a robust engagement with him.
“We are very hopeful that we are going to have a positive response from him soonest. Our message is simple, let us come back together to reposition the PDP towards rescuing Nigeria now,” Tambuwal told journalists after the meeting.
The former governor also said the interface with the visiting governors was successful.
He said, “This is the one of a series of interactions we had over two months ago and they have come at least to convince us why we should come back to join forces with them in the PDP.
“We have listened to them, we will go back to our stakeholders’ meeting because it is the stakeholders that will decide before we will take our final decision on it.”
However, hours after the meeting, the Zenith Labour Party leaders, the state chairman of the party, Joseph Akinlaja said in a statement that stakeholders have resolved to join the PDP.
Mr. Akinjala said that “stakeholders of the party from across the 18 Local Government areas of Ondo State have resolved to join PDP after a meeting held at the residence of the party’s national leader, Dr Olusegun Mimiko in Ondo.”
