Gov Segun Mimiko Lobbies Runaway Presidential Aide Kingsley Kuku For Party To Retain State In Upcoming Ondo Guber

…waits on opposition to pick a candidate before anointing successor

Information filtering in revealed that crack politician and governor of Ondo state, Olusegun Mimiko is engaging in wide spread deliberations at present.

And the objective is revealed as ‘’for his party to retain control of government in the state’’.

Governor Mimiko has served the statutory two term but is keen to ensure is party install the next governor to protect his legacy.

After staying in opposition to win elections twice, the grass root politician crossed from the Labour Party to the People’s Democratic Party not too long ago.

But contrary to expectations, the party he joined lost control of the Federal Government with a landslide rout at the polls.
Gov Segun Mimiko
He automatically returned to the status of ‘’opposition’’ as the party he shunned All Progressives Congress takes over the reins of power at the Federal level.

He faces the party as main opponent in the bid to protect his legacy as election to determine his successor draws nearer.

Societynowng.com learnt while his lieutenants jostle to become anointed candidate, Governor Mimiko is currently focused on harmonising all fragmented interests within his party to boost standing at the pool.

He is said to be lobbying runaway ex presidential aide, Kingsley Kuku.

Kuku is currently holed up in America in move to evade clutches of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the anti corruption agency that wants answers from him on allegations of corruption dangling on his neck.
Kingsley Kuku

Kuku was incharge of the mega budget amnesty programme put together to rehabilitate ex Niger Delta militants.
He is accused of siphoning some of the funds.

Though abroad, he is fanning embers of gubernatorial ambition from his refuge.

‘’Mimiko feels this is doing more harm than good for the party and wants him to drop the aspirant toga and embrace the position of supporting and directing his supporters to throw their weight behind the candidate of the party once chosen’’ a source claim

Societtynowng.com learnt Mimiko’s view is that himself, Kuku and all other real and perceived top players of the party need pool their resources to stand a chance of fighting off the well known ‘’ferocious’’ campaign of the APC, now backed with psychology of Federal Government might to take over the Ondo state number one seat.

The All Progressives Congress usually storm states they want to takeover with litany of serving governors and hordes of party chieftains to provide groundswell support for supporters on ground and inspire locals on ground to vote for their party on election day.

‘’And now they have the major advantage of inherent benefits for a state belonging to party in power as campaign point, which was what Mimiko was after when he decamped to PDP’’ a source stated.
Sources disclosed these edges are what the governor is striving to blunt with deliberations with the likes of Kuku and other party chieftains for a united front.

Added digs reveal the outgoing governor is also shying away from talks of anointing any particular in his fend mending talks.
Sources disclose he has adopted the stance, APC’s choice and zone he comes from will determine who and where PDP’s candidate comes from.
Added digs reveal the governor’s reasoning in that waiting on the emergence of APC’s candidate would give his party chance to react properly and leverage on possible shortcomings in their rival’s decision.
‘’and this also buys him time and sustains support and loyalty of aspirants and their followers’’ a source said.