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Ahead of the October 20 governorship election in Ondo State,
Governor Olusegun Mimiko yesterday publicly gave reasons why he declined
invitation from leaders of the Action Congress of Nigeria to join the party
despite much pressure. Mimiko spoke at Ile Oluji during the continuation of his
campaign tour for re-election.
According to him, “They did not say I have not performed; in
fact, they acknowledged that Ondo State is working. But they said I should come
and join their party and we told them that the people have not asked us to join
any political party as the Labour Party is doing fine.
“They then threatened to make the state ungovernable and
capture it if we did not join them. But let me warn that they should remember
the fates of the boastful in history; God abhors the boastful.
“They are haughty and want to ride roughshod on our people
and add them to their empire. But I can assure them that God will thwart their
evil plans and they shall fail.”
Mimiko added:
“Nothing but expansionist tendency and the desire to annex Ondo State to
their treasure-trove rather than any desire to develop it were the prime
reasons why the leaders of the oppositions want to capture the state at all
cost.
According to him the desire by a particular political party
to annex Ondo State was to include it in their growing empire which they are
attempting to build in the South West.
He, however, warned that the opposition should perish the
thought of ever capturing the state and assured them of a resounding defeat on
October 20.
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