2023: Mimiko behind why I lost PDP Primary

Ayo Akinyelure, Senator representing Ondo Central Senatorial District, has blamed former Ondo state governor Olusegun Mimiko for being the brain behind his inability to win the Senatorial ticket as the Party's candidate ahead of the 2023 general election.

Akinyelure, serving Senator lost the PDP primary on Monday to a legal luminary Ifedayo Adedipe, SAN.

Reacting to the outcome of the primary election, Akinyelure expressed regret that despite all he did to help the people of Ondo Central Senatorial District, the delegates paid him back with instruction from Mimiko that he should be voted out.

Akinyelure said: “As a ranking Senator and with all I have done for them in Ondo Central Senatorial District, the three ad-hoc delegates that favour Olusegun Mimiko, they gave instructions for them to vote me out. I am happy about this but I know my God will never fail.

“I know what I am talking about. We have six local governments in the central, by the grace of God I am still a sitting Senator.

“The election was so transparent but I know that with the volume of what I have done for Ondo Central Senatorial District, I did not expect to be paid this way. But I have a destiny that nobody can stop.”

Source Tenet