Olusegun Mimiko, a former Governor of Ondo State, on Tuesday refuted reports he is aspiring to become the running mate of Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, in the 2023 presidential election.
Dismissing the report as a “false permutation”, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media and Digital Communications, John Paul Akinduro, stated that such a meeting never took place.
The statement partly read, “Mimiko is aligned with the aspiration of the people of Southern Nigeria as exemplified by the call of the Southern Governors for a Southern president in the next dispensation and he has not in all his deliberations within Afenifere muted any idea of seeking their support for a VP ambition.
“Above all, Mimiko has made it clear that he is in the PDP to work towards actualising the decision of the majority of party members towards rescuing and rebuilding Nigeria for the good of the people and not any personal, individual agenda.”
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that General elections will be held in Nigeria on 18 February 2023.
