The former Ondo State governor, Olusegun Mimiko, has rejected his appointment as the leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council in the state.
The party had on Tuesday appointed the former governor as the Director-General of its presidential campaign council in Ondo while Amb. Roland Omowa was named Chairman and a former governorship candidate in the state, Eyitayo Jegede, was picked as Vice Chairman of the 441-member council.
Mimiko has aligned with a group of five governors – Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), and Samuel Ortom (Benue), who are pushing for the removal of the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu.
The appointment into the PCC had fuelled insinuations of his withdrawal from the group.
However, in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, John Akinduro, the ex-governor stressed that he was not consulted before the appointment was announced by the party.
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