Former Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko, has officially joined the All Progressives Congress (APC).
PrimeTimes Nigeria reports that Mimiko, who governed Ondo State between 2009 and 2016, joined the APC at the party’s Ward 7 secretariat in Ondo West Local Government Area on Thursday.
The former governor had resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in April.
Mimiko said he joined the ruling party to support President Bola Tinubu’s development agenda.
He stated, “There are a lot of good things being done by the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led government.
“And though much more will still have to be done, I am coming in to lend my support to ongoing efforts to keep Nigeria on the path of peace, progress, and genuine development.”
He also commended the student loan scheme and ongoing efforts to decentralise policing.
“The NELFUND initiative to democratise access to education is another commendable effort of Mr President, which must be applauded, and for an avowed supporter of state police like myself, the current effort to decentralise policing as being pursued is another reason I am happy to be part of the current effort under Mr President,” Mimiko said.
Receiving him, the Ondo State APC Chairman, Kolawole Babatunde, described Mimiko as a progressive.
“Mimiko is a progressive all through, and his coming into the APC is like a homecoming,” he said.
The event was attended by APC leaders, members of the Ondo State cabinet and principal officers of the state House of Assembly.