The former Governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has formally resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Mimiko, in a letter addressed to the Chairman, Ward 7, of the PDP in Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo State, said, “I am tendering my resignation from the……
The former Governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has formally resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Mimiko, in a letter addressed to the Chairman, Ward 7, of the PDP in Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo State, said, “I am tendering my resignation from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), effective from April 10, 2026.”
Mimiko, who has largely been away from partisan politics for a while, in the resignation letter said, “speculations and inquiries about my membership status have made it necessary for me to clarify my position.
“As I have been somewhat distanced from party activities, I wish to put it on record that I am no longer a member of the PDP.”
The former governor said he made the decision “without animosity toward anyone.”
The political observers in Ondo State may not be surprised by the formal exit of the two-term governor from the PDP, as his followers had resigned en masse to support the election of the Ondo Governor, Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, ahead of the #2024OndoDecides gubernatorial polls
Loyalists to the former governor, including Hon Iranola Joseph Akinlaja, Hon Alaba Lad Ojomo, Engineer Gboye Adegbenro, Rt Hon Jumoke Akindele, Jide Adejuyigbe, Ms Taiwo Afilaka, Chief Mrs Funmilola Oluwadare, Hon Oladipupo Ajani, Com Solomon Adelegan, Comrade Femi Bosede, Hon Adesoji Ayenuro and Eni Akinsola, among others, had joined the APC and subsequently worked for the election of Governor Aiyedatiwa.
Eni Akinsola, who served as Mimiko’s CPS, when asked to confirm, said, “It is true that the former governor has formally turned in his resignation letter from the PDP,” but did not volunteer any further information.