29 Mimiko’s associates are serial defectors, have no good political history – PDP

The main opposition party in Ondo State, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), said the party cannot be shocked by the defection of 29 political associates of former Governor Olusegun Mimiko to the All Progressives Congress(APC).

The party in a statement on Thursday by Ayo Fadaka, Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Campaign Organisation, described the Mimiko’s loyalists as serial defectors who had no good political history.

The statement read: “We take due cognisance of the actions of some people led by Hon Joseph Akinlaja that have since joined the APC two months back.

“We restate that previous to their action, they were completely detached from developments within our Party, even one of them that vied for our gubernatorial ticket was sponsored by the APC which had earlier nominated him as NDDC Commissioner at the onset of the Tinubu administration, such a character cannot be considered as an asset to the Party.

“We note conclusively that these people are mere rolling stones who gather no moss as they relocate from one Party to another during every election cycle.

“They have never been politically stable, reason we are not missing them. They will add nothing to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa and his Party, rather they will become unlucky, and we congratulate him and APC on this account.

“To serious minded people remaining in APC, we urge them to take cognisance that a large chunk of their colleagues responsible for APC’s success in the past have since teamed up with us, so they must waste no further time to join the PDP in our quest to reposition our State for development and productivity.”