Into His Anonymous Cocoon
No vehicle can run indefinitely without a refuel, just as no tree can hope to remain sturdy without water and sunshine. The events of recent weeks have no doubt inscribed this truth deeply into the breasts of former Ondo Governor, Olusegun Mimiko. If he didn’t know before, he has surely now realized that the days when he could be considered the kingmaker in Ondo politics are well and truly in the past.
The renowned native of Ondo Town had the bitter-tasting concoction of a demoralizing defeat forced down his reluctant throat as he lost his bid to represent Ondo Central at the Senate. Contesting on the platform of a relative lightweight party, the Zenith Labour Party, the state’s former number one was handily trounced by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party Ayo Akinyelure.
Since then, the once acclaimed “Iroko” of Ondo politics has recoiled into his shell. He has realized too late that a good name…
