Two former supporters of Ondo State
Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, Senator Ayo
Akinyelure, and Dr Pius Osunyikanmi, have
dumped the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) for the All Progressives Congress
(APC).
Akinyelure represented Ondo Central,
Mimiko’s senatorial district, in the 7th
National Assembly.
Osunyikanmi was Mimiko’s personal
assistant and commissioner for Health
under the late Governor Adebayo Adefarati.
He also served the governor in other
capacities such as special assistant, senior
special assistant and commissioner for
Education. He was special adviser on
International Relations to President
Goodluck Jonathan before becoming the
director-general of the Technical Aids Corp.
Akinyelure and Osunyinkami, in a statement
yesterday, said they left the PDP with their
supporters because of the need to support
the change agenda of the President
Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
The statement read: “We are most delighted
to announce our formal declaration for the
All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo
State. This declaration, which has ignited
the fire of passionate endorsements across
the state, followed our historic
disengagement from the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP).”
They said their decision was taken after
several months of wide consultations with
their esteemed leaders, constructive
constituents, fervent followers and very
distinguished admirers from the length and
breadth of Ondo State.
“The mood in Ondo State, as clearly
expressed in the last general election,
shows that the people truly want a change.
In spite of the fact that we have a PDP
government in the state, our people voted
massively for President Mohammadu Buhari
of the APC. That situation has not changed.
In fact, the calls for total change at all levels
of governance in the state are getting more
stringent due to the failure of the PDP-led
state government to deliver democracy
dividends to the people.
