The Akeredolu Campaign Organisation has criticised Ondo State Governor Olusegun Mimiko for asking the electorate not to vote for those he described as “aliens” in the October 20 governorship election.
In a statement by the Director of Media, Publicity and Strategy of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Mr Idowu Ajanaku, recently, the party described the governor’s statement as “contemptuous”.
Mimiko allegedly spoke at the inauguration of a night market in Idanre, where he urged Ondo electorate to avoid being polluted by “aliens”.
The campaign organisation noted that such a statement was least expected of a governor.
It said: “This is unbecoming of a governor who, instead of basing his campaign on issues, is trying to deceive the people. As a matter of fact, the question of who is an alien in Ondo State should be thrown back at him. Is it Mr Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), a son of Owo, the cradle of progressive politics in Nigeria; or Chief Bisi Akande, the National Chairman of ACN; or Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the party’s National Leader, who Mimiko ran to for help when his mandate was stolen, who are aliens in Ondo State or Yorubaland?
“Indeed, if there is anybody that can be described as an alien in Ondo State, it is Mimiko himself. This is against the background of the claim by many people of the state that the man has his origin firmly rooted in Igbiraland, Kogi State. This is because ‘Mimiko’ is an alien Yoruba name. It is a fact that his grandfather’s name is Atiku, which is not a Yoruba name.
“Thus, in as much as ACN wants the campaign to be issue-oriented, the party will not hesitate to go deep into history to debunk false claims.
“ACN has dominated the South West and even Edo, in the South South. Therefore, if there is any alien government in place, it is that of the Labour Party (LP), which is strange to the people of Ondo and Yorubaland.”
Source: The Nation
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