Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State has been elected Chairman of PDP Governors Forum.

Governor Mimiko takes over the leadership of the forum from former Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Godswill Akpabio who is now a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Five out of the 13 governors forming the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors' Forum on Tuesday night failed to attend the meeting of the governors in Abuja, where Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State was elected chairman of the forum.

Mimiko had in October 2014, dumped the Labour Party (LP) on which platform he was elected governor to the PDP.

The five governors who were absent at the meeting which ended on Wednesday were Governors Hassan Dankwambo of Gombe State, Ayodele
Fayose of Ekiti State, Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta and Professor Ben Ayade of Cross River State.

Those in attendance were Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State, Capt. Idris Wada (Kogi), Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu),
Dave Umahi (Ebonyi), Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom) and Darius Ishaku (Taraba).
The deputy governor of Bayelsa State, Rear Admiral John Jonah represented the state governor at the meeting.

This decision was announced by the Abia State Governor, Mr Okezie
Ikpeazu, after a meeting of the governors in Abuja that lasted about four hours.

As part of the resolutions reached at the meeting, the governors also
condemned the relocation of the Electoral Tribunals of Rivers, Taraba and Akwa Ibom States to Abuja, Nigeria's capital city.

The All Progressives Congress had requested that the Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal should be relocated to Abuja.
Their request was granted by the President of the Court of Appeal.
The party had rejected the result declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, which proclaimed the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Udom Emmanuel, winner.

It alleged that the election was marred by widespread electoral
malpractices, disenfranchisement of its supporters and a declaration of votes for the PDP in violation of the provisions of the Independent
National Electoral Commission that required that all votes cast be duly accredited.

"We will pool together, do everything possible to engage the Presidency and APC in constructive manner," Olusegun Mimiko said.

The PDP presently has 13 governors.

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Congrats, ...but He must be strong like Akpabio