By Ayodele Oni
Former Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko, has clarified that there is no contact or any appointment from former President Goodluck Jonathan concerning any political project.
Dr Mimiko, who now romances the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), again found himself at the centre of political speculation, following a media report alleging his appointment as a consultant to Jonathan ahead of a possible 2027 political move.
He is a two-term Governor of Ondo State – first on the ticket of the Labour Party (LP) and later decamped to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
Since he left office almost 10 years ago, Dr Mimiko has maintained a quiet political life watching events as they unfold.
Although, he has not publicly defected to APC, he directed his followers to vote for Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa during the 2024 governorship election in Ondo State.
Jonathan is being rumoured to be nursing a presidential ambition ahead 2027. He has neither confirmed nor denied.
But in a reaction, Mimiko’s former Chief Press Secretary, Eni Akinsola, dismissed the report as unfounded and mischievous, describing it as another attempt to drag the former Governor into premature political permutations.
Writing on his Facebook page on Monday, Akinsola said the publication, which claimed Mimiko has been appointed to head a consultation group for Jonathan’s supposed campaign in the South-West, lacked credibility.
“The report did not name who made or announced the said appointment, where or when it was made. It also admitted it could not hear from Dr. Mimiko before publication,” Akinsola noted, calling it “a concocted rumour dressed as news.”
He emphasized that while Mimiko maintains deep respect for Jonathan, there has been no contact or appointment between them concerning any political project.
“The Mimiko that I know respects former President Jonathan but has neither been reached nor appointed for a campaign that is still the subject, and may well end as a subject, of fanciful speculation,” he stated, adding that the former governor “is not job-hunting.”
Observers note that Mimiko, once a key ally of Jonathan and a major voice in South-West politics, has kept a low profile in recent years.
His name, however, continues to surface whenever political alignments begin to shift ahead of election cycles.
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