The immediate past governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has said that partisan consideration remains his least concern at the moment.
Mimiko who stated this in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media, John Paul Akinduro, while reacting to report of his plans to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), as being circulated by some media platform, describing the development plan as “a piece of fake news.”
According to Mimiko, he was more concerned about how to pull the nation back from the brinks, and not in some rumoured defection into another party, saying the nation is tottering on the precipice as a result of widespread insecurity in the land.
Akinduro stated in the statement that “Dr Mimiko has been in Abuja in the past one week or so, “to attend some events, including the meeting of some NGOs with ethnic-nationality leaders, all hinged on heartfelt concern for the deepening insecurity in the land; and how to fashion out workable solutions, especially through the plank of restructuring.
“He, within the days of his stay in Abuja, actively participated in the programme tagged ‘Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential Transition Inter-Ethnic Peace Dialogue,’ held at the Trancorp Hilton, Abuja, on Monday, and the 71st Birthday Celebration and Book Presentation of his party stalwart and friend, Honourable Iranola Joseph Akinlaja, held at the Shehu Yar’Adua Centre, on Tuesday, June 1st.”
Akinduro stated further that “It is noteworthy that at Hon Akinlaja’s book presentation, Dr Mimiko harped on the theme of security, by advising the President on the centrality of the security challenge to his legacy.
“He also had many informal meetings with Nigerians across the ethnic, religious and political divide, on the need to find lasting, just and fair solutions to the orgy of violence and bloodletting across the country.
“Nowhere was any mention made or discussion held on any possible defection to any party.
“Dr Mimiko remains in the Zenith Labour Party and his hope has been a collaboration of left-leaning political groups to offer a real ideologically driven alternative in the nation’s political process.”
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