Akinmade during the interview
The former governor of Ondo state, Dr Olusegun Mimiko is not planning to dump the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for the Social Democratic Party, SDP as being speculated.
Speaking with online media editors at his residence in aakure, the Ondo state capital, the former information commissioner, Kayode Akinmade said the rumour is from the pit of hell.
According to him, "it's on the realm of rumour. Rumour will always be rumour. But as far as Dr Mimiko is concerned today, he's still in PDP. He's not moving to SDP".
Akinmade said the story was a figment of the writers imagination and does not reflcet the true position of things.
He said: "Those who are peeling the rumour are just armour mongers. There is no iota of truth in that. What is permanent is change, people change from time to time. So seen people moving from one party to the other is in order.
Some people may have some interests to protect. And when they see that their interest could be met in a particular political party, they port. But as far as we are concerned, Dr Mimiko is still a bonafide member of PDP. And God willing come 2019 our party will come back to power in Nigeria."
When asked if bordered about some bigwigs who had already left the party, Akinmade said, "I don't know people you refer to as bigwigs. But what I can tell you is that even within the major political parties in Nigeria today, people are moving from one camp to another. Is not peculiar to PDP."
Akinmade who is now aspiring to represent the people of Idanre/Ifedore federal constituency at the House of Representatives in 2019 promised to provide quality representation if giving the mandate.
According to him, "it is sad that only N55 million was influenced to the constituency in the last three years which was only used to procure motor cycles thereby turning our people to okada riders.
So if giving the opportunity, things will change with quality representation, lawmaking that will impact on the lives of the people and oversight functions to ensure that money budgeted are judiciously expended".
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