hehehehe..wetin dem wan discuss sef....The Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko, is currently in a meeting
with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Today’s visit makes it the second the governor would be visiting
Buhari since the crisis over who will represent the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, in the Ondo state governorship election on November 26
started.
Mimiko had during his previous visit, told the President that the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,
to recognize Jimoh Ibrahim as the PDP’s candidate in the forthcoming
governorship election was capable of setting the state on fire. more will come....just stay tuned to Fidelis Chidi blog.....hehehehe
The Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun
Mimiko, on Monday said despite the controversy surrounding who flies the
flag of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state governorship election
holding on Saturday, he was not contemplating joining the All
Progressives Congress.
He said the courtesy he extended to
President Muhammadu Buhari when he led party members to a rally in the
state on Saturday was done because of his position as the president and
had nothing to do with the party he belongs to.
Mimiko spoke with State House
correspondents shortly after meeting with Buhari for the second time
inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja, since the crisis over the PDP
candidate started.
He said the purpose of his two meetings
with the President was to brief him on the security situation in his
state ahead of the elections.
The governor said, “This is my second
visit to the Villa since this crisis in our party started. Like I said,
as the Chief Security Officer of my state, if there is any credible
threat to security, I owe the responsibility to Nigerians to apprise Mr.
President of what is going on in the state.
“Mr. President was in my state to
campaign for his party. I extended to him the courtesy of receiving him
at the airport and seeing him off as President of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria, not as APC (member).
“I understand that people have
speculated that this means I am going to APC. There is nothing of such. I
only extended him normal courtesy that protocols demand.
“As a governor and Chief Security
Officer of the state, if the President is visiting, no matter the party
he belongs to, it is only appropriate for me to extend the courtesy to
him. That was what I did in Akure.
“And I have also come to brief him about the security situation in my state.”
When asked to comment on the ongoing crisis in the PDP, the governor said he was concentrating on the case in court.
Mimiko said once his candidate, Eyitayo Jegede, wins at the court, the state would erupt in joy.
“The whole of Ondo State will erupt in joy and it will be so self-evident,” he said.
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