Wednesday, 16 October 2013

DON’T ALLOW OMISORE TO AFFECT YOUR POLITICAL LIFESTYLE-MIMIKO TOLD

Following an alleged romance between the Ondo State governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko and the former deputy governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, some chieftains of Labour party in Ondo State are ready to lock horns with the governor of the State

Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko and Senator Omisore, the former chairman of Senate Commttee on Appropriation who is among governorship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, are believed to have been holding several secret meetings majority  

Though, both Mimiko and Omisore are said to be age-long friends, they reportedly met at the residence of a chieftain of the PDP in Osogbo before they both attended a dinner organized by the Lion’s Club, district 404 recently in Osogbo.

Mimiko and Omisore were said to have met privately with some other chieftains of the PDP in the state later, it was gathered , appeared at the GMT Hotel, venue of the dinner, where an award was also conferred on Omisore by the club.

The meeting between Mimiko and Omisore, according to reliable sources, may not be unconnected with next year’s governorship election in the state, as Omisore has started mobilizing support for the realization of his long nursed dream of becoming the governor of the state.

Omisore is believed to be the leading aspirant among the contestants in the PDP for the state governorship ticket.

However, the romance seems not to go down well with some members of Labour Party. Those that spoke with TheNews Daily correspondent in Akure and Ondo town respectively lamented that the romance might have bad influence of the party.

The fact that the duo are long-time friends cannot be erase, but the Labour Party chieftains who craved anonymity maintained that the relationship “should not affect their political affairs”. The advised that governor Mimiko should not allow the friendship to affect his political lifestyle.

The respondents, who vowed to take every necessary precaution to fight against Omisore’s influence in the party, said “nobody is against their friendship, infact it is good, He (Mimiko) should not allow that to influence him. We will take every necessary precaution to ensure that our party doesn’t have any affiliation with any other party and we will not allow anyone to drag us into what is not all in the name of ‘friendship’.    


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