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Governor Mimiko-Drag To Court Over Party Leadership

Ondo PDP Chieftain drags former governor, Mimiko to court over leadership of party.

Another leadership crisis is brewing within the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo state, as a Chieftain of the party, Bode Obanla has dragged the former governor of the state, Dr Olusegun Mimiko to court over his status as the leader of the party.

Recall, that the former governor, rejoined the PDP after four of its governors visited his country home to woo him back to the party ahead of the 2023 election.

Mimiko was the former leader of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).

However, a Chieftain of the party and Coordinator of People’s Democratic Party Support Group (PSG), Mr Obanla has filed a suit at the state High Court to bar Mimiko from assuming the leadership of the party having dumped the party when members needed him to lead.

His counsels, Messrs Kalu Kalu Agu and Oladimeji Oyesusi sought a declaration that Mimiko by virtue of Chapter two Article 17 of the Constitution of the PDP as amended is an ordinary member of the party.

The suit, aside the former governor has as defendants, the National Chairman, Dr Iyochia Ayu, members of the National Working Committee (NWC), State Chairman of the party, Hon Fatai Adams, members of the State Working Committee and the PDP.

Obanla, In his claim before the court sought for “a declaration that the Mimiko is not entitled to be accorded the seniority and privileges attendant to his status as a former Governor in his membership of Ward Executive Committee, Local Government Executive Committee, State Executive Committee and the National Caucus in that he was not a Governor produced by the PDP not having won any Governorship Election under the party.”

He therefore sought for an “order of perpetual injunction restraining Mimiko from holding out himself or parading himself as a member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the PDP as established in chapter four article 13 (1) and 31(1) (w) of the constitution of the PDP.”

Obanla, equally prayed for “an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Dr Ayu, NWC and Adams from granting the Mimiko the seniority and privileges attendant to the status of a former Governor produced by the PDP, as provided in the Constitution of the PDP and in particular from being a member of the National Executive Committee of the party established in Chapter 4 Article 13 of the Constitution of the party.”

According to him ” Mimiko on December 8, 2006 abandoned his post as Minister for Housing, Lands and Urban Development in the Government of President Olusegun Obasanjo, resigned from the PDP and decamped to Labour Party (LP), upon which he contested for the Governorship seat of the State and won.

” Mimiko won the second tenure on the platform of the LP but towards the end of his second tenure decamped to LP. He said Mimiko also decamped from PDP in 2017 to ZLP through which he contested the senatorial election in 2019 general elections.

The claimant said Mimiko who has not contested election under the PDP cannot rejoin the party and assume the position of a leader in the party.

The court was yet to fixed a date for the hearing of the suit.


From: Vanguard News Nigeria


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