Speculation was at its peak yesterday that the Ondo
State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko may, any
moment from now, announce his official defection to
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the ruling
Labour Party (LP) in the state.
Already many chieftains of the LP, including some
former aides of the Governor had been defecting to
the PDP since the beginning of the year.
It was reliably gathered that the Governor had
indicated his interest in joining the PDP, as he had
reportedly met with the national leadership of the
party in Abuja, during which the issue of when and
how he would come back to his former party were
discussed.
However, yesterday evening, it was gathered that the
Governor met with the leadership of the ruling LP at
the 18 local government areas of the state on the
development.
But no official information was available on the
matter as at press time.
The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor (CPS) Eni
Akinsola could not confirm nor deny the story.
According to him, “If such thing is happening, you
journalists will be the first to get informed, “he said.
However, a close associate of the Governor, who
spoke on condition of anonymity, explained that the
Governor was already out of the LP, noting that at the
national level, he had concluded the arrangement,
adding that he was still consulting with stakeholders
at the state level.
“As I am speaking to you right now, Oga is already in
the PDP. He will meet the leaders of LP from the 18
local government areas today (yesterday) to inform
them and fashion out how they will all move, because
if he moves out, definitely all of us will follow him,
“he said.
According to an observer, the movement of the
governor from the LP may mark the death of the
party in the state. Source: thenationonlineng.net/new/mimiko-set-to-dump-lp-for-pdp/

PDP is gradually gaining ground in South West

He's been a member of PDP since now. At least we've known that his soul has been there all along. Congrats to him.