Punchng:
Mimiko formally dumps Labour Party for PDP

Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State on Thursday
formally defected from the Labour Party to the Peoples
Democratic Party.
Mimiko led two members of the National Assembly from the
state, all the 26 members of the state House of Assembly, all
members of the State Executive Council and his supporters to
the PDP.
He made the formal declaration at the Presidential Villa,
Abuja, at an event presided over by Vice President Namadi
Sambo.
“I, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, following extensive consultations
across the land, today finally announce the decision of
members of the National Assembly from the LP in Ondo
State, members of the LP in the Ondo State, members of the
LP in the Ondo State House of Assembly, members of the
State Executive Council and indeed all those who share our
aspirations, to join the PDP,” Mimiko told the gathering that
included the President of the Senate, David Mark; Governor
Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State and leaders of the PDP
from the South-West.
He said his decision to return to the PDP arose after a period
of consultation with major stakeholders in the state, including
traditional and religious leaders, market men and women,
artisans, trade unions and community as well as party
leaders.
The governor, who was in the PDP before the 2007
governorship election, where he contested against Dr.
Olusegun Agagu, said he took the decision to return to PDP in
the overall interest of his people and the nation., as well as its
democracy.
Mimiko said his immediate target was to help the process of
getting President Goodluck Jonathan re-elected in 2015.
Mark, in his remarks, said he was happy that Mimiko decided
to return from his “self-exile.”
He said it was the desire and wish of the party leadership that
the governor reconciles everybody within the party.