Ahead of the forthcoming October 10 governorship elections in Ondo State, the All Progressives Congress, APC has accused former governor Olusegun Mimiko of plotting to rule the state for the third term through the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP.
The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of APC, Mr Yekini Nabena, who made the allegation in Abuja said that Mimiko controlled the ZLP as its sole administrator.
According to Nabena, it is not surprising that the entire governorship campaign of the ZLP was centred around Mimiko rather than its supposed governorship candidate, Agboola Ajayi.
He added that Mimiko deludes himself that the people of Ondo State have forgotten how they were subjected to his arbitrary, tyrannical and dictatorial actions when he governed the state.
Nabena said government projects and patronage were distributed based on political servitude not priority needs of the state under the Mimiko-led administration.
The APC National Secretary said it is on record how Mimiko factionalised his then political party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for his political divide and rule tactics in the party and government.
He noted that the good governance credentials of the APC candidate, governor Rotimi Akeredolu is visible to all, particularly in the area of infrastructure, agriculture, human capital development, industry, and entrepreneurship, among others.
Nabena opined that Akeredolu’s first-term administration has ensured prudency, accountability, transparency and blocked leakages which have enhanced good governance and massive infrastructural developments.
You will recall that Mimiko was first elected as governor of Ondo State on the platform of Labour Party on Feb. 24, 2009. He contested as the Labour Party candidate and was re-elected on Oct. 20, 2012, for a second term in office, making him the first governor in Ondo State to win a second term election since 1999.
However, he later defected to the People’s Democratic Party, PDP before the end of his tenure as governor in February 24, 2017.
