A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Jimoh Ibrahim, has denied attending a meeting of the South West PDP with Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State.

Dr. Ibrahim said at the weekend that he was not at the said meeting and it was wrong for anybody to have associated him with such, adding that at the time of the meeting, he was in Abuja and was not at any time part of such meeting.

He said, ”My attention has been drawn to the meeting held by Mimiko with South West PDP where it was alleged that I attended the meeting. I want to make it clear that I was not at that meeting and it is wrong to use my name as one of the attendees. As at the time the purported meeting was held, I was in Abuja.’

‘I do not believe in the capacity and capability of Mimiko to deliver South West to President Jonathan in the 2015 elections. For instance, a leader that could not put his house in order, that cannot pay salary of civil servants, has no political stock in trade to deliver South West for the President.

He noted; ”Mimiko lacked the political legitimacy, particularly the moral acceptance at this time. If the governor could poll 260,000 in the last election out of the 1.4 million registered voters in Ondo State for his own mandate, I do not know what he wants to transfer to President Jonathan in 2015.’

”A leader who deceived former governor Adebayo Adefarati as a commissioner under the Alliance for Democracy, moved to PDP and deceived Olusegun Agagu as secretary to the government also deceived former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who made him Minister of Housing will, by that historical fact, only deceive President Jonathan in 2015.”

Ibrahim however advised the authentic PDP candidates to commence their campaign, while assuring them that the administrative authority of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, cannot over- rule judicial power. ‘With the court order in their hand, they are as good as the various positions they are vying for.’

He said President Jonathan’s re-election if coordinated by credible people and not political liabilities, will be an easy ride in the South West. He promised to stop all the illegal candidates being paraded by Mimiko.