The All Progressives Congress in
Ondo State has alleged that Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, has been
intimidating members of House of Assembly who have the intention of joining the
party.
All the members, except one, had
earlier, on the floor of the house, declared their intention to move to the
Peoples Democratic Party, shortly after the governor returned to the PDP.
Addressing journalists in Akure, the
state chairman of APC, Isaac Kekemeke, said some members of the Ondo State
House of Assembly were not willing to go to the PDP with the governor, but for
his threat to declare their seats vacant if they did not.
He said, “It has also come to our notice that Governor
Mimiko has put in place mechanism to entice, intimidate and subdue the people
of Ondo State in the Labour Party and in the PDP who have expressed their
willingness to work with our party, APC.”
Kekemeke also said his party was
prepared to resist Mimiko’s attempt to frighten the people of Ondo State away
from their genuine quest to realise their aspirations using the platform of the
APC.
But the Commissioner for
Information, Kayode Akinmade, on Sunday promptly refuted the allegation, and
calls it APC’s wishful thinking. He said APC at the moment did not have
any member at the Ondo State House of Assembly and lacked any visible political
structure in the state.
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