pitched his political camp with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
ending several weeks of speculation over his political future.
The governor who announced his formal defection at the banquet hall of
the Presidential Villa after a reconciliation meeting of the South
West PDP chaired by the President of the Senate, Senator David Mark
said he was moving to the PDP in order to galvanise support for
President Jonathan's re-election in the South-West zone of the
country.
(Photo: VICE PRESIDENT NAMADI SAMBO (L), PRESENTING PDP FLAG TO GOV.
OLUSEGUN MIMIKO OF ONDO STATE, WHO DEFECTED TO THE PARTY IN ABUJA ON
THURSDAY (2/10/14).)
Dr. Olusegun 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.
He reiterated that "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."
The Ondo governor observed that though the Labour Party endorsed,
worked for and voted massively for Jonathan since 2011, this did not
stop the Party from working for candidates where it fielded candidates
and in subsequent polls.
According to the governor, with the 2015 table for elections released
by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, which put
Presidential and National Assembly elections on the same day, his
remaining in Labour Party while supporting President Jonathan would
create conflict of interest.
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