MIMIKO,S SA,OPERATES SECRET ACCOUNT FOR COMBED PROJECT-SUNSHINE VOICE

ACN YOUTH VOWS TO DRAG MIMIKO BEFORE EFCC...If -Sunshine Voice

WE WILL DRAG MIMIKO TO EFCC IF…

-ACN Youths brags to publish looting by political appointees.

...Stop the N100bn Mimiko dangerous loan- Abayomi raises alarm

Coalition of over 25 Youths under the aegis of Democracy Fighters for Good Governance [DFFGG] affiliated to The Grasroots Mobilisers for the Action Congress of Nigeria Party [ACN] Ondo State has vowed that nothing will stop them from dragging the state governor, Dr.Olusegun Mimiko before the Economic  and Financial Crimes  Commission [ EFCC]  over financial recklessness and profligacy.

The Coordinator of the group, Comrade Dada Olawale Eminence warned that if Gov.Mimiko and his cabinet members dont stop the frivolous   spending of the  state resources and allocation profligately on Irrational celebrations saying they will be left with  no other option than to drag him before EFCC.

Comr’d Eminence  challenged Dr Mimiko as the state governor to publish without delay the statement of the state account since the inception of his administration.

On behalf of the masses of  Ondo State,Comrd Eminence gave the Mimiko led administration in the state a one week ultimatum to make public the statement of account of the state while warning that failure to meet these demands The Grassroots Mobiliser will live by its name by calling for a mass action against the government of Labour Party [LP].

The articulate youth leader gave the warning during the week while speaking at  the June 12 Anniversary Programme  held at the ACN party secretariat at Akure, the Ondo State capital that  Ondo State Youths have been having sleepless night over the wasteful manner in which the state government is spending the state resources.

“We have an in depth and exhaustive list of massive looting by Governor Mimiko’s cronies and political compatriots which we may publish soonest with pictorial and documentary evidences of all their looting” Eminence boasted

The youth leader pointed to the Governor spending illegally and on celebration that was uncalled for saying that Ondo State is a state that has been endowed with humanitarian resources in which the total citizens of the state needs to be enjoying till eternity but due to official recklessness and the ineptitude of the political office holders made 70% of the general population to wallowing in penury in a state that is ranked sixth among the Oil Producing states.

Comrd Eminence also said that the profligacy spending of Dr Mimiko and his political associate since their assumption into office on Feb,2009  spent over N568 million to celebrate their one year in office flying in his friends, colleagues, and hanger-on’s from all over the globe at the expense of the state. 

 The Youth leader also noted that if this celebration should persist for all the four years on yearly basis it would gulp the sum of N2.2billion, which worth’s  more than the budgeted allocation for some states for 2months.

He condemned the present government for engaging frivolous spending leaving the immediate needs of the people saying ‘that successful public administrator like Governor Fashola of Lagos does not need to spend  N568million on propaganda before Awori and the Egun masses of Lagos before the whole world will know he is doing excellently well.

The Youth leader revealed that “having considered this profligacy spending, we have concluded our plan to petition EFCC and approach the court of Law to stop further plundering of the state funds by the present administration.

“We require Mr. Governor to please publicize our allocation so far received from February 2009 to May 2011 and  how the N38billion inherited from Gov.Olusegun Agagu’s administration in the coffers of the state was spent.

Eminence concluded that it is criminal for the present government in Ondo State to have denied the people their right to know the state of account of the state, quoting  Section 125 of the amended 1999 Constitution  that, the Accountant General of the state should at least on yearly basis publish and submit the annual report, statement of account, financial statement to the House of Assembly, which is supposed to be audited for credibility and truth for debate, if that has been done, by now all these profligacy’s  would have been clearly identified”

The June 12 event attracted youths across the state and from the neighbouring states had Dr.Olu Agunloye as the Special Guest of Honour ,and Hon Otito Atikase as the Guest Speaker among others. 

In a related development  the Okeagbe born fiery lawyer and the leader of ACN in Ondo State, Dr.Tunji Abayomi has raised alarm over a N100 billion secret loan by Gov.Mimiko

Dr Abayomi said “again I am compelled to raise an alarm about future danger of our state finances, which a few weeks ago I drew the attention of the people of Ondo state to a secret loan of N30 billion authorized by the House of Assembly in a secret money deal.”

The House of Assembly, Abayomi said abdicated its duty to protect the financial interest of the people by not demanding for annual statement of public accounts of Ondo State as well as audited account before granting authority for a pernicious loan.

This was contained in a released signed by Dr Abayomi which was made available to Sunshine VOICE Weekly at Akure that the house chose to become Mimiko’s House, instead of Ondo State’s House.

He said Ondo state is gradually witnessing a realm in which the people have no influence and no rights over the democratic resource which government should be is gradually giving way for oppressive imposition by a pitiless government order, that disdains proper means or legitimate ends.

“The alert at the immediate urgent present moment is the new desire of Governor Mimiko to increase the N30 billion illegal loan to N100 billion. This new financial intake of N100 billion loan will certainly burst the financial health of Ondo state because her freedom will be imperiled by the gripping debt for a very long time”.

Abayomi also noted that Ondo State Government [ODSG] has become a desperate money merchant to solve many development problems it created out of utter failure  though saying ‘at least 7 major roads remain less than 30% completed over two years after the government came to power. It is estimated that Governor Mimiko’s “Dome” which has now been abandoned has consumed about N2 billion of public money’.

“The health sector in spite of international agency support is pregnant with undeliverable pain, the University is on angry strike, while the minimum wage of N18,000 remains unpaid by a government that was happy to spend over N1 billion to celebrate its first and second year anniversaries as Poverty prevails everywhere!”

He called on the people to resist the government from what he termed as dangerous loan that ‘it is now clear that to save the state from terrible financial trauma, the N30 billion loan need to be resisted.

“The N100 billion loan now desperately desired by the Mimiko government need to be stopped by the people of Ondo State, the only true guardian of their financial liberty. Mimiko’s Government must stop the dangerous loans’’

“The price of our liberty has, with urgent force, become eternal vigilance against the Mimiko government. Ondo States people be vigilant! Stand up to protect today and guarantee tomorrow” Abayomi concluded.

AGUNLOYE UNFOLDS POLITICAL AGENDA AHEAD OF 2013

AGUNLOYE UNFOLDS POLITICAL AGENDA AHEAD OF 2013

…ready to battle mimiko

The Ondo North Senatorial flagbearer for Action Congress of Nigeria [ACN] Dr.Olu Agunloye has put all the electoral misfortune behind him as he stylishly unfolds a new political agenda.

The new political agenda known as the Omoluabi Value is now been promoted by the Erusu-Akoko born politician high-tech through a newspaper advert announcing the webpage http://www.ondo2013.com/.

Since his defeat at the poll Dr Agunloye have reorganized himself ahead of the 2013 which Akoko people are set to champion by the newspaper advert.

Many have also been wandering whether his ill-fated political misadventure from Labour Party [LP] will make him quit politics but this latest move  had only proved that his defeat and humiliation from the LP  has only transformed him to a refined politician.

Through the promotion of the ‘Omoluabi Value’,Dr.Agunloye seems to be fully back in the political arena to challenge his friend Dr Olusegun Mimiko in the 2013 guber race this time for a higher mission which shows his consistence and commitment to liberate the people of Ondo State.

As the new political ideology is fast gaining acceptance among the youths in Ondo North Senatorial district where Agunloye has a very strong political footing is already rubbing on his political image.

Before thing fell apart in between Agunloye, a former minister of the federal republic of Nigeria and LP, he was believed to be the strongest contender for the exalted senatorial position.

Between 1999  to date all attempt by Dr Agunloye to take a shot at the govermorship position had always suffers a very big set back either for him to be persuaded to step down for another kinsmen or  drop his ambition because of  unfavourable political arrangements.

But with the level of commitment shown by Dr Agunloye’s  it seems he is all out to dammed the consequences this time he is  taken on Dr Mimiko the incumbent governor his friend and political co-traveller who was recently persuaded to recontest in for 2013

MIMIKO MOST 'PIOUS' godSON- DR OSUNYINKANI

UNVEILING

DR OLAKUNLE  OSUNYINKANMI:

Mimiko most PIUS godson

 Barely a year on the saddle as the substantive Commissioner for Education,Dr Pius Olakunle Osunyinkanmi name reverberated across the political landscape as the ministerial nominee of the Labour Party[LP] by the governor of Ondo State,Dr Olusegun Mimiko to represent the interest of  Ondo State at Aso Rock.

He was picked by the governor based on their long term relations as a tested and trusted ally.

Their godfather and godson relationship could be traced to have started between 1999 and  2005 , when young Pius  was introduced to Mr Governor then as the Commissioner for Health  by  the latter’s younger brother,Femi  Mimiko who was then Osunyinkanmi’s  mentor and lecturer to serve  as Special   Assistant to the Commissioner  for Health, Special  Assistant to Dr Mimiko as  the Secretary to State Government and  later Special Assistant to Dr Mimiko as the Minister of Housing & Urban Development.

When Dr.Mimiko  reclaimed his mandate and became the Governor of Ondo State in 2009, he appointed Osunyikanmi as his Special Adviser on Intergovernmental Affairs and Multilateral Relations, where he performed to the satisfaction of Mr Governor.

In June, 2010, Dr Osunyikanmi was appointed as the Commissioner for Education in Ondo State and has won accolades from education stakeholders in the State through his radical and highly productive commitment to the transformation of the education sector.

As an academician, he has written several research and academic articles published in journals around the world. He has also attended several seminars within Nigeria and in countries like the United kingdom.

He has also visited African counties like Ghana ,Togo,and Benin Republic.He is member, mid –South Sociological Association, United States.

Dr . Pius Olakunle Osunyikanmi  hails  from Ile –Oluji  / Okeigbo   L.G.A  He was born in 1971 and attended St. Francis  Catholic School , Ile-Oluji ,  Ondo State between 1983 -1986 . From there he Proceeded to Holy  Saviours  High School , Ile-Oluji  , for his secondary school  education , which he completed at Orere Grammar School , Ile-oluji .between 1992 – 1997 for his B.Sc. degree in Political Science .After  this he went  further , to the University of Ibadan to  obtain his Masters degree also in Political Science in 2001.

 In further  quest for knowledge, he  proceeded to the Adekunle Ajasin  University , Akungba – Akoko to obtain his  PhD in People  Management  Training Centre Worthing , United Kingdom .This  political Scientist worked  as a class teacher in 1997 during his Youth  Service  where he served his father land in Delta State.

From there,he started his career  in banking as the Business Development  Officer, Owena Bank  PIC, Lagos  in 1998 before veering to full ime poiticking through his alliance and tutelage under Dr.Femi Mimiko and Iroko.

WHY FASOLA SEALED OFF JIMOH IBRAHIM LAGOS OFFICE

HARD TIMES FOR JIMOH IBRAHIM

…4-weeks after Mimiko sent him packing at Owena Motel, Akure

---Fashola Seals off Air Nigeria Headquarters

While the wound and disgrace inflicted on the ego of the Ikale Billionaire Chief Jimoh Ibrahim by the governor of Ondo State,Dr.Olusegun Mimiko who sent him packing from Owena Motel was gradually healing another Governor, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos State had sent officials of the Lagos State Board of Internal Revenue Services[LSBIRS] to seal off one of his Lagos based companies.

 The corporate headquarters of Air Nigeria, one of the companies of the Ikale billionaire, Mr Ibrahim’s , also a financier of the Ondo State Chapter of the disintegrated Peoples Democratic Party[PDP]  at  Etiebet’s place on Mobolaji Bank Anthony way, Ikeja Lagos  was  sealed-off over alleged unpaid tax.

Sunshine Voice Lagos Correspondent report that the Lagos State government officials stormed the office of Dr. Ibrahim who was among the short-listed PDP ministerial nominees from Ondo State at about 12.30pm and locked it up after asking the workers to vacate the building.

The workers were said to have been forced to relocate to the car park behind the corporate building after the officials allegedly visited the place to transact skeletal business with multitude Air Nigerian passengers.

But chairman of the airline, Jimoh Ibrahim, through the telephone responded that the matter was resolved, admitting that the tax collectors came visiting the office over tax matters which he said was owed when the airline was under the management of Richard Branson and called Virgin Nigeria.

Ibrahim however disclosed that what the Board of Inland Revenue owed were taxes when Branson, chairman of Virgin Group,was owner of Virgin Nigeria, a company Ibrahim bought over only last year .

This occurrence is coming just on the heels of  an earlier tough time being  witnessed by the businessman who received  a shocker from the Ondo State government who refused to extend  tenure of his company NICON LUXURY Hotels Management PLC lease as the official manager of  Owena Motel.

Dr Jimoh Ibrahim was recently featured in themedia celebrating the takeover of the Oceanic Bank Plc and the establishment of a private university at Sao Toe respectively as well as buying over the Newswatch media empire which he promised to turn into a daily paper.

Though he had also gone through some troubled waters in recent time having his mother kidnapped and battling Ondo State PDP chapters crisis

FALAE BOYCOTT IRORKO 2ND TERM LAUNCH

SHOCKER !!!

OLU FALAE BOYCOTT IROKO 2^ND TERM LAUNCH

The launching event been put together by the Iroko Platform the arrow head of the Mimiko 2^nd term promoters can be described as a successful event going by the crowd that attended.

But the absence of the elder statesman Chief Olu Falae who was penciled down to chairman the event created a source for concern to many curious politicians.

Throughout the programme, the event coordinators kept mute on why Chief Falae was unavoidable absent at the epoch making event despite the strong media publicity that he will be the chairman.

Information scooped by Sunshine Voice has it that Chief Falae might have decide to backed out from the 2^nd term campaigners for personal reason.

But a member of the organizing committee of the event who speak under anonymity said Chief Falae avoided the event so that he can safe his face from smear campaigns that seems to be brewing over the to avoid his name been smear by anti-Mimiko 2^nd term campaigners.

H also revealed that the in ability of Chief Falae to be physically present had send wrong signal to the progressive camps that all is not well with the 2^nd term ambition of Dr Mimiko.

 However,the event received the blessing of some traditional rulers like the Olukare of Ikare,Oba Akadri Momoh,Olubaka of Okaland,Oba Adebori, and the Deji of Akure,Oba Adebiyi Adesida among others.

The National Union of Road Transport Workers [NURTW] Ondo State members were led by its Chairman,Chief Solomon Aladejana [Aka Die-the-Mata] who donated one million naira un behalf of association.

ODSG / BOI N2Bn LOAN FRAUD

N2BILLION BOI/ODSG LOAN LATEST:

EBIRA FARMERS ALLEGES FRAUD

…fingers Mimiko’s SA, Francis Sheen in illegal dealing

If care is not taken the  much publicised Bank of Industry [BOI]and Ondo State Government [ODSG] packaged Loan may soon be  engulfed in a full blown scandal as the activities of some officials may rubbish the beauty of the project by their selfish desire.

Apart from the initial teething problem faced by the Commerce and Industry staffers in contending with the revolutionary members of the Iroko Vanguards who disrupted activities at the government secretariat during their demonstration to the governor’s office for the uncertainty surrounding the disbursement of the loan.

The Iroko Vanguards members alleged that they were defrauded to tune of amount running to millions of naira by certain officials in charge of the project which led to one Mr Francis Sheen to become a regular visitor to the State Security Services [SSS] office between March and April 2011

Last week another group of potential beneficiary of the BOI/ODSG LOAN under the Ondo State Ebira Farmers Union[OSEFU] petitioned the  Commissioner for Commerce and Industry,Chief Akin Akingbesote over an alleged fraudulent activities of  one Mr Francis Sheen the Special Assistant to the governor on Small Business Development.

The Ebira Farmers GROUP [OSEFU] an amalgamated body of  over fourty-six [46] Cooperative Societies which applied for a loan to set up Fufu/Gari Processing Industry across 15 local governments in their petition said that Mr Sheen is deceitful.

The petition signed by Alhaji Azeez Kekere which copies were made available to Sunshine VOICE alleged that Mr Sheen  and his consulting team and BOI were giving misleading directives that has cost them fortune in the last ten months.

They concluded by advising the government to go to town and investigate and sample the public opinion about the perception of the people towards the project.

OLAIYA ONI,MIMIKO FALL APART OVER MINISTERIAL LIST

Political Tsunami Hits Ondo LP

Olaiya oni,LP Chairman  finally resigns

…Osemawe,Mimiko loyalist panics

Just as the crisis generated by the ministerial list within the Ondo State  Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] is dying down the list has also wrecked havoc in Labour Party[LP] which made the party Chairman, Dr Olaiya Oni to resign his position.

Impeccable source within the party told Sunshine Voice that the ministerial list crisis last week took it’s toll on LP as there was an unresolved disagreement between the party,Chairman,Dr Oni and governor of Ondo State,Dr Olusegun Mimiko.

The source who said he saw the copy of the resignation letter told Sunshine Voice that Dr Olaiya Oni  last week sent his resignation letter to the governor, Dr Olusegu Mimiko informing him of his decision to quit the party.

The source said,Dr Olaiya Oni in his  letter stated that he is quitting the party to save his name as he alleged that  Dr Mimiko has hijacked the running of the party from the state executives.

Dr Oni the source revealed became bitter when he learnt that Dr Mimiko  unilaterally sent  the name of one Mrs Remi Duyile,who is a Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Diaspora Matters.

The Ise Akoko born party Chairman was said to have got wind of the ministerial list from a very close confidant of the governor who said that Dr Pius Osunyinkanmi,the incumbent Commissioner for Education was grumbling why his name was substituted by  Mr.Governor with that of one Mrs Remi  Duyile as LP ministerial nominee without recourse to the state excos.

This infuriated Dr Oni who went wild making frantic calls to his Aso Rock contacts to confirm the authenticity  of ministerial list sent by Dr Mimiko.

But he was even more bitter and devastated when he was told that Mrs Duyile was Dr Mimiko’s ministerial nominee for LP Ondo State.

There and then Dr Olaiya Oni immediately drafted and sent his resignation letter to the governor copying the Osemawe of Ondo kingdom,Oba Kiladejo alerting the king of his decision to quit LP because of what he called Dr Mimiko’s overbearing nature on the party.

This sent a lot of jitters down the spines of the paramount ruler of Ondo Kingdom who called on some of Dr Mimiko’s confidants and inner caucus members including the First Lady to start putting  pressure on Dr Oni not to make his decision public until they will resolve the crisis amicably between the two of them. .

Finally,after three days the Osemawe was lucky to convince  the embattled Chairman,Dr Oni to reverse his decision not to quit the party but Dr Oni Sunshine Voice learnt said he would accept not to quit only on the condition that the governor must also accept his new terms of preference.

 A six paragraph truce condition was therefore drawn by Dr Oni through  Osemawe to the governor with a warning that any attempt to reject a single line among the conditions he will make public his decision to quit LP.

Further investigation within LP at the time of filing this report revealed that  Dr Oni promised to make his official announcement to the public through the media on Monday.

MIMIKO 2ND TERM ABITION TEARS CABINET APART

MIMIKO SECOND TERM AGENDA TEARS CABINET APART

2^ND TERM AGENDA TEARS MIMIKOCABINET APART

… Commissioners, Super SA’s, Political  appointees  sidetrack

That some selected indigenes of Ondo State are already clamoring for Dr Olusegun Mimiko, the governor of Ondo state to take a shot at the governorship slot come 2013 is no more news.But the disaffection this is already creating among some so called Super Appointees, Commissioners and Labour Party [LP] Leaders who are already complaining about been side track by the new political arrangement.

Sunshine authoritatively gathered that many of the so called untouchable appointees and some members of the kitchen cabinet were already grumbling to have been sideline and left in the cold as they were already grumbling  for not been carried along in  the latest political show.

Some of the appointees who were often refers to in government quarters as ‘Super Appointees [S.As]  were heard murmuring in whispering voice that  because some of them complained that it is still too early for the Gov. Mimiko to be  toying  with the second term agenda.

They also complained that the governor have not even open up to them on why he wanted to go for second term as it wasn’t part of their decision when they were in trenches.

Some of the Super SA’s were reported to have berated the promoters of te 2^nd Term Agenda to have not consulted with them which made some of them to reject the invitation to join the plartform.

An eye witness account told Sunshie VOICE that oe of the commissioners from the Central torn the invitation letter sent to him by the Iroko Platform saying the people can not invite him because he senior them in politics.

“Where are these people when we started the struggle for the emergence of Iroko and they now think the are smart to be talking about second term what have we done to make them believe the people will allow break the second term jinx as this may eventually be our albatross I the administration”

 The party leaders on their own party were jittery about the new arrangement, as the Iroko for second term is structure  in a way that  natural sidelined their existent.

All the political structures created to promote the second term of Iroko are already fill with all levels of executives, while the LP executives from state to ward level are left uninvolved in the cause.

This new political development in Ondo State could be likened  the era of Abacha whenthe Daniel Kanu led YEAA were canvassing for Abacha must  stay, as the governor, Dr.Mimiko is yet to make any categorical statement on the issue but political watchers are saying the man was only waiting for the right time to drop the bombshell.

The governor had on several occasion publicly denounced the issue of second term that he is waiting for God direction on second term but the spokesperson of the Iroko Platform has declared that they have gone ahead of Dr Mimiko to seek God intervention on the cause.

Though, the Iroko 2^nd coming is gradually getting attention while the grumbling continued in  every quarter but promoters have continued their business without bordering about the ranting and grumblings of the governor political associates.

One of the most vocal personality at the vanguard for the advocacy of Dr Mimiko second term is Chief Sanya Oyinsan  a  highly respected political appointee in Mimiko’s government  and notable media guru in Ondo State  is the Coordinators of the Iroko Plartform [IR]

The inclination of  Pa Oyinsan as he’s been refers to in media circles as one of those promoting the second term has given strong credibility to the  agitation for Dr. Mimiko to run in 2013.

Pa Oyinsan who is currently the Chairman of the OSRC board  said in one of his recent interview that since the governor has always been procrastinating saying he will take it to God in prayer.

“We have decide to have gone ahead of him to take it to God and God has answered us and we have been divinely ordered to tell the governor that his prayers has been answered now the whole world are waiting to see how the Ise-Takutakun governor will break the jinx of doing second term in Ondo State politics because no governor ever make second term” Pa Oyinsan

concluded.

It would be recalled that in one of Dr Tunji Abayomi’s interview he recalled the antecedent of Dr.Mimiko as an unrepentant advocate of one governor one term that gave him the sympathy why the people of Ondo State voted massively for him in 2007.

Abayomi said the political event that led to his emergence were as a result of his past and consistent struggle to affirm political zoning, so it is very unfair, totally unacceptable, wicked and immoral for anybody to now start canvassing for Mimiko’s second term”

He point out to the fact that “these same Dr Mimiko fought relentlessly to stop Chief Adefarati second term  and did the same for Agagu 2007 for that same man to now tell the people that he want second term will be very difficult”

The whole world is watching as second term agenda continues to polarize the Mimiko’s administration in Ondo State. 

OUR STAND ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND TOTAL CHANGE-SUNSHINE VOICE

LP ARE MERE TENANTS IN ONDO STATE GOV.HOUSE-Akintade

LP are mere tenant in Ondo State - Akintade

The Action Congress of Nigeria [ACN] Senatorial flagbearer for Ondo Central Senatorial District,Dr Michael Akintade has described the ruling political party in  Ondo State, the Labour Party[LP] as mere tenant.

“The ACN party is the party that is keeping the hope of the progressive minded people of Ondo State alive,our party is the party of the moment and of the future, and that is why we've been waxing stronger since after the election. Many great politicians from the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] and even the LP have expressed  their intention to decamp to ACN”

Dr Akintade who said he has put the loss of the last election behind his back because of what he called  a high-tech fraud, 'the last election which was deemed credible was full of outrageous financial inducement, rigging, and bribery by the LP high profiled thugs”

The Ifedore-born American based successful medical doctor turned politician pleaded with the masses of Ondo State to join forces with ACN to eject the current tenant in Ondo State government house.

It would be recalled that Dr.Akintade for over eight years has been on the race for the senate and these aspiration has taken him across many political parties from his days at the Democratic Peoples Alliance[DPA],to Labour Party[LP] which he left when he alleged that he was robbed of the senatorial  ticket to pitch his tenth with ACN.   

EXPLOSION HITS ONDO PDP...AS ACN SOARS HIGHER

EXPLOSION HITS PDP!

…as ACN benefited from mass defection

…party in disarray over Alasoadura's defection plan

That Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ondo State Chapter is in disarray is like stating the obvious, because the ripple effect of the abysmal failure at the last election is seriously crumbling the party.

As if the abysmal failure recorded by the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] was not even enough we heard it from a very good source that the ranks and files of the party will further be depleted any moment from now.

Because what started like a rumour will eventually turned to reality as one of   the founding and funding member of the PDP in Ondo State and a leader from Akure had concluded arrangement to defect to Acton Congress of Nigeria [ACN] which has become the political  harbor for politician seeking for a face saving political platform.

Information scooped from both the ACN and the PDP camps revealed that both party are already brazing up for the unfolding political occurrence that will eventually shake the political landscape of Ondo State.

During Sunshine VOICE routine check at the ACN party secretariat, some   party executives where seeing discussing the issue of decampees and how they are going to manage them in low voice.

While the whole world is awaits the defection of one of Akure most popular PDP leader [names withheld] who was quoted as telling his supporters that he will defect to ACN from PDP as he just realized that his political future can not be guaranteed.

Among those rumoured to decamp from PDP is the  Iju born political lord and grassroots mobiliser, Chief Tayo Alasoadaura, the former  Commissioner for finance under Gov. Agagu  was said to have concluded and perfected his plan to defect to ACN.

He was quoted to have recently confined in some of his loyal political followers his defection plan to ACN and that it became imperative for him to join another ship in order to achieve his political aspiration. 

Since February,2009 when Dr. Mimiko of the LP reclaimed his stolen mandate from Dr. Agagu led PDP government and the victory of both Governors Raufu Aregbesola  and Kayode Fayemi in Osun and Ekiti State   the PDP in Ondo State has daily been experiencing the defection of its  strong members to either Labour Party[LP] and of recent to ACN.

The party has lost two most vibrant members from Ondo North Senatorial District Chief Bailey Arohunmolase and Chief Mrs Olugboja to LP while the PDP in Akure lost two members the duo of Hon Idowu Otetubi and High Chief R. A Badmus a die-hard supporter and loyalist of Gov. Agagu   defected to ACN among others.

MINISTERIAL LIST TEARS ONDO PDP APART,MANY SINS OF TOKUNBO KAYODE,DEFENCE MINISTER

Ministerial List Tears Ondo PDP Apart

… As Kayode Defence Minister was dropped for Elegbeleye

…his many sins, + why PDP can not forgive him

More facts are emerging why the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State has failed to forgive the suspended minister for Defence, Prince Tokunbo Kayode.

The state chapter of the PDP, through its Chairman and Secretary,Dr.Tayo Dairo and Sola Oludipe, had announced the indefinite suspension of the minister on allegation of anti-party last week.

The executive are yet to reverse the suspension of the Ikaramu-Akoko born lawyer turned politician despite all entireties by the national and zonal body of PDP.

The party leaders alleged the unholy alliance and romance between the minister, Kayode and  ruling Labour Party in the state, to the detriment of his political party.

Sources close to the party told the Sunshine VOICE that the party executives were pressure to take the drastic decision by the members of the National Assembly who loss their return bid.

The NASS members were said to have converged at Abuja and took the decision that they should pay back the minister over their woeful outing at the last poll so that he too can feel what they are feeling.

The state excos acted on the petition of the NASSA members over what they described as Kayode's inability to muster enough support for them during the just concluded general election. 

This move is to blockade the perceived renewed effort by the minister to retain his portfolio having been credited by some party leaders at the zonal and national level for been instrumental to the success of the PDP Southwest rallies.

Kayode was appointed by the late President Musa Yar'Adua  had served in various  ministries as minister from the ministry of Culture and Tourism as well as Labour and Productivity, until he was latter saddle with the responsibility of over seeing the Ministry of Defence by President Goodluck Jonathan, who retained him in the cabinet after the death of his boss.

But the happiness of the party leaders begins to withered as they loss virtually all the bye-elections and polls conducted during his tenure a serving minister.

Some PDP leaders who spoke under anonymity berated Kayode for the monumental loss of the party in all the polls as they believed that if he had played his role sincerely and politically it would have greatly impacted on the fortune of the party.

It was learnt that the minister did not play any active role in the bye-elections conducted in the state and won by the ruling LP before the recent general election.

Specifically, the minister was said to be nowhere to be found during the by-election conducted in the Northern Senatorial District, which the PDP candidate, Jimi Adedapo lost woefully.

They traced the  loss of the PDP candidates at the subsequent election held at Ilaje the backyard of Dr Agagu and the stronghold of the party equally shows the lack of commitment and disloyality of Kayode to the party.

Some Youths group also blamed the minister for the poor showing of the party in the National Assembly and House of Assembly elections.

The group known as the Ondo State Youth Leaders Forum said the ''non challant attitude'' of the minister to the development of the party was responsible for the crack within PDP.

The group, in an open letter to President Goodluck Jonathan signed by its President, Elegbeleye Rasheed PDP aspirant who loss his State House of Assembly bid and Secretary, Kolawole Femi, said that the minister deliberately sold out the party to the opposition, using all the machinery at his disposal in preparation for his second term ministerial slot.

They alleged that the minister was negotiating with the Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, to defect to the PDP before May 29, so that the governor could re-nominate him for the state ministerial slot.

'Tokunbo Kayode has not been a blessing to the Ondo State PDP. He has contributed nothing to the development of the PDP in Ondo State. He only gives money and contracts to his loyalists.

"He is responsible for the poor outing of the PDP in the recently conducted elections in Ondo state. Somebody who cannot deliver his territory to the party, he was only after how to retain his post," the group stated.

But the immediate past Secretary to the State Government [SSG] and a very notable political leader from the southern senatorial district, Barrister Isaac Kekemeke differs on the issue of Kayode's suspension as he accused the party leaders of losing focus.

Hon. Kekemeke who was onetime leader of opposition in the state assembly during the truncated third republic was quoted by some media report that he exonerates Kayode over the abysmal failure of the party in the last election.

He condemned the party executives of conniving and cabal against Kayode, why should he be blame for refusing the party to use armed soldier to rig the last election.

Though the state secretariat of the PDP in Akure is yet to revert the suspension order placed on the minister, but sources closed to the minister said he had been making frantic effort to get his renomination through back door.

PDP SACKED AGAGU,DISSOLVED STATE EXCO

PDP Leaders sacked Agagu and Dairo, dissolves state exco

*Constitute a 9-man interim committee.

*Abdusalam,Ehinlanwo,EddyOlafeso,Arohunmolase,kekemeke,Alasoaduratakes over party  

The crisis rocking the Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) worsened yesterday as a faction of the party, under the auspices of Leaders and Stakeholders, suspended the immediate past governor of the state, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, from the party.

Also, the members dissolved the Dr. Omotayo Dairo-led State Executive Council and resolved to constitute a nine-man interim management committee to harmonise all factions and tendencies in the party.

Besides, the members rejected the suspension of members of the party and the list of 10 names compiled for federal appointments allegedly by Agagu and Dairo.

This development came as the Chairman of the party in Akoko Northwest; Prince Alaba Arohunmolashe, said the compilation of the 10 names as nominees to President Goodluck Jonathan would not stay because the Minister of Defence, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode (SAN), who is the highest political office holder of the party in the state, was not carried along.

Arohunmolase said the action of the dissolved Dairo-led executive would not stand because it did not enjoy the support of the majority of the party supporters in the state.

Among the leaders and stakeholders that witnessed the press conference addressed at the Press Centre of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), were the immediate past Speaker of the House of Assembly, Taofiq Olawale Abdusalam, incumbent Senator representing Ondo South, Senator Hosea Ehinlanwo, former commissioners under Agagu’s government including Dr Eddy Olafeso, Isaacs Kekemeke, and Chief Tayo Alasoadura.

Others included former Chairmen of local governments; Chief Adebanbo Odoro, Charles Adeduro, Mrs Yejide Ogundipe and Stephen Olemija.

Serving legislators of the party including Fatai Adams and Princess Caroline Olubimtan were at the briefing. Former office and incumbent office holders including Chief Bamidele Adeladun, Prince Ademola Adegoroye, Demola Babalola, Akin Aruwajoye, Dr Bode Iwaloye, Dr Patrick Gbakinro and Col Tunde Awodeyi (rtd) were also present.

Briefing reporters of behalf of others, a former Special Adviser on Political Matters to Agagu, Chief Segun Adegoke, said although the decision was painful, it had to be taken in the interest of the party.

He said Agagu, as the leader, was suspended because he led the party to inexplicable and inexcusable electoral failure and for accentuating the unending crisis in the party, saying the decision had brought the party to its comatose state.

Adegoke said the stakeholders adopted the doctrine of necessity because prominent members of the party had left for other political parties due to the alleged mismanagement on the party by Agagu and Dairo.

His words: The leaders and stakeholders resolved to dissolve the state executive committee of the party in Ondo State and will set up a panel to investigate the finances of the party since February, 2009 including the over N30 million contributed by party members for the building of the state secretariat, the N10 million donated by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and all monies for the various elections in the state.

The leaders and stakeholders reject the suspension of the party members from the party without hearing and/or due process and urge the interim management committee to review all such cases. A party that is losing needs people, not fewer people.

The party leaders said it would be wrong and politically suicidal to allow the Dairo-led executive that had led the party to five electoral failures to continue in office and compound the woes of the party.

In his reaction, Dairo said the people, who were spent forces in their local government areas lacked locus standi to proclaim the state executive dissolved or to suspend any member of the party.

According to him, the list being complained about was complied with due process by the State Working Committee (SWC) and 15 leaders of the party across the state.

His words: These leaders are spent forces in their constituencies. As far as we are concerned, they are not known to our party, they are not known to the constitution because they are ex-this, ex-that, we want them to know that this is not an obaship institution where once you assume the leader, you are there for life, their local government areas have produced vibrant young men that have displaced many of these people.

These people now have no direct means of livelihood and that is why you see them becoming political jobbers. Hon Isaacs Kekemeke was a party secretary here before settling for political appointment, Col Awodeyi was Chairman and many of them like that but they have lost touch with the reality on ground now which is for them to agree that the past should remain the past.

The party chairman accused the Minister of Defence, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode, of masterminding the uproar in the party, saying: Unfortunately, the Minister found good use of these idle hands who have nowhere to go, no offices to run and no serious means of livelihood, he found ready tools in them and he doled some little to them and that is the result we are seeing now.

Since these people are not members of the ward executive, local government executives and state executive, they are not known to the national secretariat anymore and whatever they do remains null and void, so we are not bothered.

The PDP chairman laid the blame of the loss of the party at the elections conducted in the state since 2009 at the doorstep of many members of the group of stakeholders, noting that for example, Chief Tayo Alasoadura, a shining light within the team, was largely responsible for the political problems the party faced in Akure South Local Government due to his high handedness.

We understand they have served us before, but we appeal to them not to visit their frustrations on us because this frustration is out of poverty.

Similarly, the deputy governor under the Agagu administration and one of the nominees, Chief Omolade Oluwateru, said the leaders and stakeholders had no right to suspend anybody from the party, adding that the list being contested was compiled with input from the SWC and some leaders of the party.

His words: They said they are dissolving the exco and who are they, what are their positions in the party? There are ways of doing this, the executive council was constituted by a congress and it is only the congress that can dissolve the executive. So, it is very wrong for a handful set of people to hire people and pronounce the exco dissolved.

Besides, Chief Supo Ijabadeniyi, a leader of the party said the decision would not stand because of the illegality of their action.

According to him, those who took the decision were on their way to the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and they wanted to destroy the party before the left.