Mimiko Not Appointed For Any Consultation

A report in one of the dailies recently falsely claimed that former Ondo Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko has been appointed as the head of the consultation group of a yet to be announced campaign for former President Goodluck Jonathan in the South West.

The report did not name the person who made or announced the said appointment, where the appointment was made, when and after which event.

More than that, the report said it could not, and so did not, hear from Dr Mimiko before it was penned.

The falsehood in the report is obvious from the get go. It is just the work of a journalist flying with concocted rumour dressed as news.

The Mimiko that I know respects former President Jonathan but has neither been reached nor appointed for a campaign that is still the subject, and may well end as a subject, of fanciful speculation. I am sure he is also not job-hunting.

As politics takes a more frenetic pace, such cooked stories will not be scarce as they concern political figures like Iroko who have chosen to remain low for now.