Former Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, has resigned from Peoples Democratic Party.

Mimiko is leaving PDP for Labour Party.

The former governor, who joined PDP in 2014 and later became the Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, dumped the party, following a disagreement between him and some national leaders of the party shortly after he left office as Governor in 2017.

In a resignation letter addressed to Ondo State leadership of the PDP today, Mimiko said his decision to leave the party was personal to him.

"I hereby with utmost humility inform you of my decision to resign my membership of the PDP with effect from today, June 13, 2018, for some well-thought-out personal reasons. It was an honour working with the many prominent Nigerians with whom I shared the PDP platform for the entire period I was in there as a member. The letter read.

In the meantime, the State Chairman of the PDP, Mr. Clement Faboyede said Mimiko’s exit from the party would not have any negative impact on the party.

“Mimiko is a human being,  he has the right to his opinion, we have tried at all levels to discourage him but he insisted on leaving. One thing I know is that PDP will not die as he (Mimiko) leaves.  We have survived many turbulent times in the past, so if he goes it cannot affect us negatively,” Faboyede declared.