The Ondo State chapter of the Peoples
Democratic Party said on Thursday that the Managing Director of the
Global Fleet Nigeria Limited, Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim, was not a member of the
party.
Jimoh picked the nomination form to
contest the November 26, 2016 governorship election in the state from
the factional National Chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff
in Abuja on Thursday.
The Ondo PDP insisted that the
businessman was a member of the Accord Party in the state and not a
member of the PDP as he claimed.
The Director of Media and Publicity of
the PDP in the state, Mr. Ayo Fadaka stated this while reacting to a
report that Jimoh has obtained the governorship nomination form in
Abuja.
Fadaka said, ” I can confirm to you that
Jimoh Ibrahim is not a member of our party, the PDP, he has since been
rid of his membership and we all know that he is a bonafide member of
the Accord Party. So, for him not to be making a somersault to pick a
form of PDP is a shameless thing anybody can do in this situation.
” Also I want to confirm to you again
that Jimoh Ibrahim, apart from the fact that he is not a member of our
party, he does not have any relationship with the PDP in any case and if
he is taking a form from Sheriff, he confirms to the entire world where
Sheriff is coming from “
Similarly, the Ondo State Commissioner
for Information Mr. Kayode Akinmade said the PDP and the present
administration of Dr. Olusegun Mimiko were not bothered by the action of
Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim, saying he (Jimoh) had never being a loyal member of
the PDP.
He alleged that the factional
governorship aspirant wanted to play a spoiler role against the PDP in
the state, stressing that all members of the party in the state were one
and there was no crisis within the state’s chapter of the PDP.
Akinmade said, ” He is not our member,
during the last general election, he didn’t work for the PDP, we know
who he worked for . As far as we are concerned there is no cause for
alarm, Ondo State PDP is not shaken we are intact . “