As the 2023 presidential election draws closer, the Peoples Democratic Party’s quest to wrestle power from the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC continues to nosedive as its Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar continues to exclude those calling for the resignation of the embattled chairman from his campaign list.
In Ondo state, the former Governor of the state and a vocal members of the “Wike group” Dr. Segun Mimiko has been removed from the Presidential Campaign Council list released by the Atiku/Ayu camp of the crisis ridden main opposition party, PDP.
In a press release made available to Truth Live News and signed by the Special Assistant on Media and Digital Communications to the former Governor of Ondo State, Mr. John Paul Akinduro, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko’s name was conspicuously missing from the list released by Atiku’s team.
The statement reads: “Dr Olusegun Mimiko has been inundated with calls and messages from the general public, and his political friends and concerned individuals around the nation; and in particular, his teeming supporters across the length and breadth of Ondo State, seeking clarity on a fake news making the rounds since yesterday that he had ditched Governors Nyesom Wike, Seyi Makinde and their colleagues governors, and abandoned the agitation for regional equity within the PDP; and in particular, making a party member of southern extraction its the national chairman before the 2023 election.
“The report and the list that triggered it, are fake and a deliberate attempt to muddle things up and smear Dr. Olusegun Mimiko.
“It must be stated with emphasis that Dr. Mimiko was neither consulted by anyone nor consented to his inclusion in any Ondo state PDP Presidential Campaign Council list.
“For the avoidance of doubt and to set the record straight, Dr Mimiko is unwavering in his commitment to the principle of equity, fairness and justice through which he believes a credible push for a PDP victory is possible. He fully subscribes to the agitation by his colleagues and other stakeholders in PDP and the generality of Nigerians that the PDP structure must reflect Nigeria’s diversity, if it genuinely wants to unify a visibly divided country.”