PRESS RELEASE, Akure
Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State says the purported court action instituted against Dr. Olusegun Mimiko by Bode Obanla was a rude shock.
A statement signed by Mr Kennedy Ikantu Peretei, state publicity secretary of the party on Monday and sent to TECHNOCRAT MEDIA said Dr Mimiko is a senior citizen in Nigeria.
He described the action of Mr Bode Obanla as a great embarrassment to the party.
He said the State Working Committee of the party will take necessary actions in due course.
Mr Obanla has reportedly instituted a court case against Dr Mimiko over his return to the party to take over leadership. He said the former governor has not contested any election under the platform of the PDP and therefore, cannot act as the overall leader of the party in the state.
The statement below…
COURT CASE AGAINST MIMIKO: ONDO PDP DISOWNS OBANLA.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ondo State Chapter received the purported court action instituted against Dr. Olusegun Mimiko by Bode Obanla as a rude shock.
Dr. Mimiko, a two-term Governor of Ondo State is not only a senior citizen in Ondo State but Nigeria at large. His return to the PDP was orchestrated by four Governors elected on the platform of our great party PDP under the leadership of Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, Governor of Sokoto State and Chairman, PDP Governors’ Forum.
The State Working Committee wishes to state unequivocally that, the action of Bode Obanla is a great embarrassment to the party and necessary actions will be taken in due course.
At a time when all hands are on deck to rescue and rebuild Ondo State and Nigeria, Obanla’s action is a mere distraction that should be treated as such.
Kennedy Ikantu Peretei.
State Publicity Secretary, Ondo PDP.
10th January, 2022.
