Monday 24 November 2014

Mimiko’s Loyalists Protest Candidature of Ade Adeniyi


By Akindele Adedeji
Loyalists of the Ondo state governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko have protested over the imposition of Otunba Ade Adeniyi on them as the House of Assembly candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the forthcoming National elections in February, 2015.
Some of the aggrieved members of the Mimiko group, who craved anonimity for security reason told PLATFORM NEWSWIRE  that they were totally disappointed by the choice of Otunba Ade Adeniyi as a candidate for the forthcoming election, accusing governor Mimiko of nepotism in view of the fact that Ade Adeniyi had enjoyed various appointments before his present adoption.
Otunba Ade Adeniyi
They claimed that Ade Adeniyi, being an in-law of the governor was made the caretaker chairman of Ondo West local government, after Mimiko assumed power in 2009, while he was also appointed as Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Youth matters, after leaving the position of council chairman.
They added that Adeniyi was also appointed as the Chairman of the State  Universal Basic Education Commission, (SUBEC), after the second term victory of governor Mimiko.
They averred that they were surprised that the same Ade Adeniyi, who had been enjoying all the goodies from the governor since 2009 is now the  person governor Mimiko deemed fit to pick as the candidate to replace Mr Afolabi Akinsiku in the Ondo state House of Assembly, at the detriment of other members of the Mimiko group who have been suffering without any appointment since 2009.
They then vowed to frustrate the election of Ade Adeniyi by working underground for the opposition in order to teach Mimiko a political lesson of his life.
Efforts to speak with Otunba Ade Adeniyi on the matter were unsuccessful as his mobile phones were switched off, but a source closed to him told our reporter that nobody in Nigeria can stop Ade Adeniyi from winning the House of Assembly election.