Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose has rejected Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko as chairman of the Governors’ Forum of the Peoples Democratic Party, The Nation reports.
Mimiko was elected chairman of the Forum last week by six of the party’s 13 governors and two deputy governors, in a meeting in Abuja.
Fayose is believed to be averse to the election of Mimiko, and has reportedly rallied some other governors in the party to oppose his emergence.
According to the report, the governor has petitioned the national leadership of the party to intervene before the matter degenerates into a crisis.
The Ekiti governor and his colleagues are claiming that the choice of Mimiko did not follow due process on grounds that Mimiko defected to the PDP only last year.
The Nation states that a source at the national secretariat of the PDP in Abuja was quoted to have confirmed the receipt of the petition against Mimiko.
The party’s National Working Committee (NWC) are expected to meet with the party’s governors today (Monday) to try and resolve the matter.
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