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Ondo 2020: PDP Seeks Mimikos Support, Lures Him With VP Slot
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Ondo 2020: PDP Seeks Mimiko’s Support, Lures Him With VP
Slot by 2mercy : 9:12am
LAGOS / AKURE – Ahead of the governorship election in
Ondo State, there are pressures on Olusegun Mimiko, a
former governor of the state, to support the Peoples DemoÂ
cratic Party (PDP) to win the election with a reward of being
a possible running mate to the party’s presidential
candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Daily
Independent has gathered.
However, the former governor is yet to make up his mind
concerning whom to pitch tent with, especially between
former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who was the party’s
presidential candidate in the 2019 presidential election, and
the governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, who
are the two prominent presidential materials of the PDP at
the moment.
Atiku, through his son and current Commissioner for Works
and Energy in Adamawa State, Adamu, disclosed that his
father, who was the 2019 PDP presidential candidate, would
contest the 2023 presidency.
In the same vein, some Northerners, ostensibly inspired by a
former military ruler, are rooting for Tambuwal as
presidential candidate of the PDP in the 2023 contest.
Curiously, Mimiko, who is the National Leader of Zenith
Labour Party (ZLP), has come under intense pressure from
both camps for support and the planned springboard is the
Ondo State governorship election scheduled for October 10,
2020.
The sudden resurrection of political activities of ZLP in
Ondo State ahead of the governorship election is highly
connected with Mimiko’s 2023 vice presidential ambition.
A chieftain of ZLP, who spoke in confidence, said Mimiko’s
acceptance of the Ondo State deputy governor, Agboola
Ajayi, as the candidate of the party “is to prove to Nigerians
that he (Mimiko) is still a big factor in the politics of the
South Westâ€.
He added: “Mimiko is keen in winning the governorship
election for ZLP. It’s not just all about the party candidate
but his ambition to be vice president in 2023.
“You will remember that the Labour Party that ousted late
Olusegun Agagu from power was launched three months to
the election in 2007, the great Iroko (Mimiko) still has the
magic. He still enjoys street credibility and that is why he is
craving for Ajayi to win.
“If Mimiko supports Jegede, the PDP’s candidate, and he
defeats Akeredolu, the incumbent governor, it will be asÂ
sumed that his influence played a huge role in it and his
ratings will soar, especially with the 2023 election around
the corner.
“If Ajayi wins the governorship ticket under ZLP, both of
them will return to the PDP and Mimiko might use that to
bargain for the PDP vice presidential ticket which is believed
will be zoned to the South-West with a northern presidential
candidate.
“But the problem now is who does he support as
presidential candidate? Tambuwal or Atiku?
“That is a major problem and it has really polarised the
entire party. I mean the PDP, because both camps of Atiku
and Tambuwal want him as running mate in 2023.
“He wants to prove that he is still a factor in Nigerian
politics and winning the election for his party will boost his
chances of clinching the PDP running mate ticket.â€
But another source close to the embattled deputy governor,
Ajayi, confided in our correspondent that the major problem
facing his principal was the pressure coming from Atiku and
the Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde.
Atiku, it was gathered, had sent an emissary in the Oyo
governor to plead with Mimiko to support the PDP’s
governorship candidate, Eyitayo Jegede, for a smooth sail
at the contest.
According to the source, not only did Makinde assure
Mimiko of Jegede’s respect, he indeed delivered Atiku’s
message to the former governor that the former vice
president was poised to pick him as running mate if he
worked for Jegede’s success at the poll.
It was unclear what the ZLP leader told the Oyo State
governor. However, it was gathered that Mimiko’s allies in
the ZLP have given some impossible tasks to the deputy
governor, Ajayi, to fulfil ahead of his unveiling by the NEC of
the party as governorship candidate.
When contacted, Mimiko’s media aide, Eni Akinsola, said
there was no truth in the report.
“No truth in such a permutation. We are in ZLP to win, full
stop,†he said.
Also on Monday, the Ondo State deputy governor, Agboola
Ajayi, resigned his membership of the PDP 50 days after he
defected from the APC.
Ajayi, who announced this in a statement by his media aide,
Allen Sowore Ajayi, thanked members of the party for
welcoming him during his short stay.
He said: “Today, 10th August, 2020, I resign my membership
from the Peoples Democratic Party to join the Zenith Labour
Party to further my aspirations.
“I appreciate the national leadership and members of the
party for their warm reception and acceptance in the short
period I rejoined the party,†the deputy governor wrote on
Twitter.
However, Ajayi is now set to contest the governorship race
on the platform of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), having
been cleared by the National Executive Committee of the
ZLP to contest the October 10 governorship election.
Ajayi was cleared by ZLP after he was endorsed by Mimiko,
who gave him some conditions to be met.
Mimiko was reported to have told Ajayi that he must be
willing to complete some of his abandoned policies and
also pick his deputy governorship candidate from his camp.
An associate of Ajayi said he would formally join the ZLP on
Thursday.
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Too Bad Tick Borne Virus Spreads In China
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Tick Borne Virus Spreads In China. by gimakon (m): 2:42pm
On Aug 10
A new virus is threatening the Chinese population, months
after the COVID-19 outbreak began in Wuhan in late 2019.
The Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS)
virus is transmitted via tick bites, and has caused seven
deaths in the country thus far.
SFTS is a viral haemorrhagic fever caused by a
“phlebovirusâ€, which is a species that falls under the
bunyaviruses. It is transmitted via the Haemaphysalis
longicornis, an Asian tick commonly found in the Americas,
Asia, Africa, and the Mediterranean region. While the tick is
the main vector of the virus, it may also be spread from
person to person through blood, wounds or mucous.
These ticks feed on the blood of warm-blooded animals,
and infections tend to increase in the summertime.
Symptoms of FSTS include fever, thrombocytopenia,
leukocytopenia, gastrointestinal symptoms, and various
other symptoms including muscular symptoms, neurological
abnormalities, and coagulopathy.
Sheng Jifang, an expert on the novel bunya virus and
director of the infectious disease department with the First
Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of
Medicine, told Global Times that older people were more
likely to die from the virus, which has a fatality rate of
between 1-5%.
There is no vaccine for the virus, but treatment is available.
People are also advised to stay away from jungles and
bushes, since the ticks are commonly found in wooded
areas.
The latest outbreak of SFTS virus was reported in April
2020,according to Global Times. Since then, about 37
people in East China’s Jiangsu Province have been
diagnosed with the virus. A further 23 people in East
China’s Anhui Province have also been diagnosed with it,
and seven people have died from it as of August 6.
However, this is not the first time this virus has appeared.
There have been reports of the virus surfacing in 2009, 2013
and 2017 in China, Japan and South Korea, reports First
Post. There have also been some mild cases in the US.
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