As the governorship election in Ondo state draws close, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has said that a former governor of the state, Olusegun Mimiko is not a political force.
Governor Akeredolu said his performance would win him a second term, This Day newspaper reports.
Recall that Mr. Akeredolu had a fall out with his Deputy, Hon. Agboola Ajayi, with the latter resigning membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to get ticket to contest the Oct. 10 governorship election in Ondo State, but he lost. Mr. Ajayi left the PDP and picked the ticket to contest on the platform of the Zenith Labour Party, the party set up by Mr. Mimiko.
On Arise TV, the incumbent governor chided fellow candidates and berated Mr Mimiko for aligning with Mr. Ajayi.
“If Agboola had done what he did and found solace and succour in Mimiko, that is unfortunate. It is because they shared the same traits. People who are prone to betraying others must come together. They have an identical feather. They want to work together. So why are we worrying ourselves about them?
“Mimiko is not a political force anywhere. He left office and wanted to go to the Senate. He did not even win his local governments. So, what force is he?
“He is a spent force. He is dead politically and probably he needed some resurrection and some support. If Agboola has some money to waste, they can support him. Mimiko is nobody in the politics of Ondo State today and Agboola cannot resuscitate him,” Mr. Akeredolu said.
The Governor said the APC was prepared and would defeat other political parties because records will speak for the party.
Mr Akeredolu did not conceal his dislike for Mr Agboola Ajayi. He described the Deputy Governor as inconsistent for switching political parties within a few weeks.
“He is not my ally. I just brought Agboola from PDP to come and work with us. If he feels he wants to go back home, he has his record. Tell me any person who had been in three political parties in one month…You can see that he is an inconsistent person,” the Governor said.
However, Mr Akeredolu said he considered the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Eyitayo Jegede, as a “worthy adversary” but noted that considering that they are from the same part of Ondo State, it was not time for the candidate of the PDP to contest for governor.
“So Jegede is eminently qualified. He is a lawyer of repute; somebody I respect… He is a worthy adversary. I don’t see anything wrong with him. He is making a futile effort because he will soon realise that the timing is not right for him.”
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