At a large turnout of supporters the LABOUR PARTY a while ago flags off its gubernatorial campaign in owo, ondo state.

It is a well attended gathering of political bigwigs in the labour party in support of the incumbent governor Olusegun Mimiko "The IROKO"

One of the speakers a rtd general stated unequivocally that the state will not accept an ACN district officer in the guise of governor for the state.
He even mentioned Tinubu style of political module where other governors of ACN controlled southwest states places their poeple in a situation where they have to make returns to Tinubu in what yorubas will term paying "Isakole"

He said such states will later regret their actions.

Its airing on CHANNELS TV now.

Does it mean we presently have district officers in ACN states under the control of Tinubu?

There are serious bashing going on now...

District officer and local government chairman, wetin b d difference?

MIMIKO FLAGS OFF CAMPAIGNS IN OWO

The Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko on Thursday in the ancient city of Owo flagged off his re-election campaign with a pledge to work with renewed vigour towards a better Ondo State just as he took swipe at those who want to capture Ondo State to perish the thought.

According to him, Ondo State will never worship on the altar of any foreign god adding that one million godfathers and their District Officers would meet their match on October 20, when the people shall once again speak loudly with their votes as they did in 2007.

Highlights of the occasion include the decamping of a gubernatorial aspirant of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Segun Ojo and over 500,000 of his supporters into the Labour Party (LP) as well as Remi Okunrinboye who also lead over 200,000 supporters from the ACN to the LP.

Mr Mimiko, who lampooned an opposition candidate whom he accused of not only being a foreigner in the state, who did not registered to vote and never even voted in the state before but suddenly woke up with the idea of governing the state, insisted that the people of Ondo State want a committed Governor, not a District Officer.

He said: “In 2007, we promised to work for you; we promised that your concern shall be our concern; that in all seasons, we will work for you; that we shall unleash our incredible creative ingenuity to develop the State. In the last three and a half years, there are empirical facts on the ground that we have deliver on our promises and Ondo State is working again and we are happier. We have in place over 350 projects in all our rural communities dictated by our people themselves.

“Today, we are here again to solicit for your votes again, we want you to vote for us and I sincerely assure you that we shall continue to work for you with renewed vigour. We have been with you; we know your concerns and aspirations and we have been meeting. We know that you want your children to have quality education without you selling your properties. We will continue to work to make Ondo State a real place of pride in Nigeria; we will continue to develop Agriculture, build more roads, build more mega schools for our children, markets for our women, more hospitals, our cities shall be the best cities in Nigeria”

While nothing that the choice of Owo town as the venue of his campaign flag off was symbolic, Mr Mimiko said that Owo was the de facto home of the progressives in Nigeria because in 1951, the Action Group (AG) was founded in Owo, making it the home of brave progressives when many towns were loath to host the group. “And we as inheritors of progressivism in Nigeria, have latched onto this proud heritage and we have taken hook line and sinker the ethos of progressivism in Nigeria and today, Ondo State is a model and the real progressives as opposed to those who just mouth progressivism by mere words of mouths and not in deeds,” Mimiko said.

The governor used the occasion to appeal to the leaders of the Afenifere who have been lampooned by some so called leaders in recent times for daring to identify with him by describing him as following the footsteps of Pa Obafemi Awolowo saying that the whole world salute them for being the proud inheritors of progressivism in Nigeria.

Earlier, duo of Segun Ojo and Remi Okunrinboye noted that Mimiko would win the election owing to his pragmatic leadership style and the unprecedented level of development that he had been able to bring to bear in the State.

In his own speech, Olu Agunloye warned that those who want to bring violence to the State to steer clear.

According to him, performance and not any influential outside or god father would determine the pattern of voting by the people. He said that the people would vote overwhelmingly for Mr Mimiko on October 20, 2012.

In his address, the national Chairman of LP, Dan Nwanyawu urged the people to vote for Mr Mimiko who he noted had performed beyond even the expectations of the party saying that going by his landmark achievements in the State; he deserved to be voted for.

While urging the people to be wary of those whom he noted had vowed to capture the state, Mr Nwanyawu stated that they had no plans for the people as they only wanted to share the peoples’ common resources for their god fathers.

“I must warn you not to votes for these people who are very desperate even when they are not on ground but say they will do everything to capture Ondo State. In LP, we did not impose Mimiko unlike some people who sat in their mansion in Lagos State and select for their party. In fact, one of their leaders openly stated recently that they don’t believe in primaries.

“All they are looking for is to increase their territories; they want to expand and they have not said that Mimiko has not performed but they just want to grab. Please, don’t vote for them because they will ferry your wealth to feather their nests outside Ondo State and destroy the good legacies that Mimiko and other Governors have done in Ondo State as they are doing in the states that they are now governing,” he said.

At the campaign which made Owo to stand still for several hours were leaders of Workers, artisans, market women, and thousands of people from all over who attended the ceremony.

Posted by Channels Television on August 30, 2012.

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WHILE WE AWAIT THE FINAL RESULTS............

Discerning people ought to know that Mimiko will win but unfortunately most do not study events due to sentiments and bias reasonings. Mimiko is a man that never lost touch with his poeple despite his movements from ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRACY to PDP then to LABOUR PARTY cos they believe he will not betray their TRUST. And that is one of the reasons for his large followership, also Ondo indigenes are no pushover when it comes to politics inspite of Tinubus self acclaimed godfatherism and political dexterity.
And when Tinubu talks of betrayer whats worse than a man enriching himself at the expense of his people cos an ACN governor demonstrated a semblance of performance where others have failed and thereby hyped it to high heavens to strategise a personal takeover of a region under the guise integration.

Though many will say its politics but we have spoken and the choice is ours!

CONGRATS TO DR RAHMAN OLUSEGUN MIMIKO "IROKO"

So it came to pass that the incumbent governor Olusegun Mimiko was re-elected for a second term by his people

THE RESULT AS DECLARED BY THE INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION:

1 OLUWAROTIMI ODUNAYO AKEREDOLU ESQ M ACN 143,512 22.97%
2 ADEUTI STEPHEN TAIYE M ACPN 1,806 0.29%
3 HON. ADEYEMI BOLARINWA M ANPP 1,461 0.23%
4 COMRADE OLADIMEJI TOKUMBOH ADEGOROYE M APS 751 0.12%
5 OLASEGIRI GBENGA FESTUS M BNPP 2,949 0.47%
6 BUILDER OMOYELE AFOLABI OLORUNWA M CAP 735 0.12%
7 EHINLANWO OLUSOJI M CPC 1,931 0.31%
8 DR. RAHMAN OLUSEGUN MIMIKO M LP 260,199 41.65% ELECTED
9 OLADIPO BOLADE LAWRENCE M NCP 823 0.13%
10 ABIKANLU JAMES OLUSOLA M NSDP 1,103 0.18%
11 VICTOR OLUWAFEMI ADETUSIN M PDC 21,361 3.42%
12 CHIEF ALEX OLUSOLA OKE M PDP 155,961 24.97%
13 OMOREGGHA OLATUNJI KRIS (OTUMBA) M PPA 1,625 0.26%



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