As Ondo State prepares for the inauguration of the second coming of the state governor, Olusegun Mimiko, two former Heads of State, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd) and General Abdulsalam Abukarka (rtd), have been confirmed as some of the eminent personalities expected at the ceremony.

Mimiko, whose first term expires this weekend, is the only governor in the country serving on the platform of the Labour Party, LP.

He was re-elected on the same platform for a new term of four years on October 20, 2012.

Speaking on the level of preparation for the inauguration ceremony, state Commissioner for Information, Kayode Akinmade, said the former Interim Head of Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan and the former Vice- President, Alhaji Abubarkar Atiku, are some of the guests confirmed for the event.

Also expected at the event are Governors Peter Obi, Rotimi Amaechi, Rochas Okorocha, Theodore Orji and Godswill Akpabio of Anambra, Rivers, Imo, Abia and Akwa Ibom States respectively.

Others include; Muazu Babangida Aliyu, Ibrahim Shema Gabriel Suswam and Seriaki Dickson of Niger, Katsina, Benue and Bayelsa States.

According to Akinmade, Chief Edwin Clark and the former governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, are also expected at the ceremony.

Meanwhile, Dr Christopher Kolade, will tomorrow chair the inaugural lecture slated for Adegbemile House, Akure, as part of activities marking the inauguration ceremony.

Eminent scholar and former Foreign Affairs Minister, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, will deliver the inauguration lecture with the theme; “Leadership, Democracy and Development: A paradigm Relations.”http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/ibb-abdulsalam-10-governors-for-mimikos-inauguration/

FreeGlobe: ^
Painful isn't it? I hope you know Tinubu and all ACN governors were banned from attending the ceremony. Mimiko is the true SW leader. A man of his own. Akeredolu is also not allowed into the premises.

mogentle: This Mimiko guy is surely returning to PDP one day.[i][/i]

tomakint:
He is already one leg in already, I know my Governor and my people for one thing, if they say one thing they never looked back! He (Mimiko) can't just imagined himself being in the same ship with 'TINUBU'! Iroko baba, gbasibe jooo Thank God, I am from ONDO STATE!