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ONDO State Governor Olusegun Mimiko has ruled out his possibility of leaving the Labour Party (LP) to join the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), saying there was no such agreement between him and the leadership of the ACN.<\/p>\n

The ACN had, at a campaign rally in Akure, Ondo State capital, accused Mimiko of betrayal for refusing to join forces with it to form a formidable opposition to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-West.<\/p>\n

The leadership of the ACN, including former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu, its Chairman, Bisi Akande and two of its governors, Rauf Aregbesola of Osun and Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, accused the Ondo governor of being an ingrate who reneged on the earlier agreement to join forces with it.<\/p>\n

They alleged that Mimiko, as well as the LP, relied on logistics and moral supports of the ACN while in the trenches to reclaim his mandate, saying \u201cthe LP is worse than the PDP that we should be fighting together to remove from office\u201d.<\/p>\n

But Mimiko, who spoke in Akure yesterday, said rather than leave the LP to join the ACN, he would prefer to nurture his party to have great political strength across the country and that \u201cthere was never any agreement, either verbal or written, that says I would join the ACN\u201d.<\/p>\n

According to the governor who said it was wrong for political leaders to personalise party authorities, \u201cdecisions that would affect the fortunes of a political party should be taken in consultations with every stakeholder who had worked for the growth of the party\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said as a leader, he was aware of his responsibility to his party, his teeming followers and his government, adding that \u201conly a myopic leader would take decision on the spur of the moment without looking at the far-reaching effects on the polity he represents\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mimiko said it was not in his character to be changing parties like a chameleon changes colour, stressing that \u201cwhen we left the Alliance for Democracy (AD) for the PDP, the reason was known to the people of Ondo State. We were shut out of the primary election by the leadership in a most undemocratic manner.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd when we left the PDP as some people started playing\u00a0 god, again, the people of this state understood why we had to leave with the bulk of the party members to form the LP that, in a very short period, became the largest party in the state. So before we change party, there must be cogent reasons for it\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mimiko, who stressed the ACN leadership has a right to wish that he joined them, said \u201cbesides, the LP is a growing party which we are sparing no efforts to nurture to national prominence. That is our goal even though we have not ruled out any alliance with political parties with similar ideologies with us\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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