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| Dr Olusegun Mimiko |
Dr Olusegun Mimiko, a former governor of Ondo State, said Wednesday that he would not desert Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and other PDP governors, nor would he give up on the party's campaign for regional fairness.
In a statement sent on his behalf, Mimiko criticised the Presidential Campaign Council list that named him as the head of the campaign in Ondo State. John Akinduro is his Special Assistant on Media and Digital Communications.
The inclusion of the former governor's name, according to the statement, was "a deliberate attempt to obfuscate the facts and malign Dr Olusegun Mimiko."
It reads: “Dr Olusegun Mimiko has been inundated with calls and messages from the general public, his political friends and concerned individuals around the nation; and in particular, his teeming supporters across the length and breadth of Ondo State.
“They are seeking clarity on fake news making the rounds that he had ditched Governor 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 national chairman before the 2023 elections.
“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.”