Politics is an Opportunity to serve God – Mimiko

Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko has described politics as an evangelical calling because it is an opportunity to serve God.

Mimiko said this while responding to assertions that politics is about diabolism and cultism.

While addressing guests at a special thanksgiving of the state Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Hon. Banji Okunomo in Akure during the weekend, Mimiko said “Thank God that I belong to the generation of politicians that serve God. I’m bold to say that I don’t serve any other God apart from God Almighty and he has been helping me in my political career.

“Politics is an evangelical calling and not about what people think that you must belong to occultic group. It’s an opportunity to serve the Lord.”

Furthermore,  former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi has described the anti-corruption panel set up by his successor, Nyesom Wike to probe his administration as a distraction the public will not be deceived with.

Amaechi said “No matter how hard Wike tries, the public can clearly see through his deception and the sham he calls Commission of Inquiry to probe Amaechi. That panel was set up to indict Amaechi of corruption. Everything about the probe commission is at variance with the ethics and laws of a fair, just and unbiased probe commission.

“Indeed, the hack panel has not disappointed its paymaster since it started its shambolic public hearings. As we earlier warned, it is a comedy to grab media headlines with bogus, phantom and fabricated claims of corrupt practices against former governor Amaechi.

He accused Wike of running a government of deception, lies and fraud. He said “The public hearings have become a comedy of errors for the media. We maintain that Wike’s probe commission shall not achieve anything beyond political excitements, entertainment and theatrics.

“However, what the public may not know is that Wike’s deceptive probe of Amaechi is a distraction to entertain and keep the public focus on his circus show, while he siphons and salt away billions of naira from the state treasury.

“From the moment he stepped into Government House, Port Harcourt, Wike has run a government of lies, deception and fraud.

“He first made a show and gave a performance of his false accusations that Amaechi stripped the Governor’s Lodge bare, saying that the former governor stole spoons, plates, knives, cups, mattresses, forks and even curtains from the Governor’s Lodge! However, in the images Wike showed to back his lies, the curtains in the lodge were clearly there, seen and intact.

“Wike then claimed he met a completely empty treasury. That again is another big lie and grand deception to steal state funds. We have said that former governor Amaechi left billions of naira and we even went ahead to mention the banks and give the names of the accounts the money were, as at May 29, 2015.

“We repeat that N7.5billion cash were left behind as balances in the State Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) account with Skye Bank, FAAC account with Zenith Bank, balances with Access Bank and funds in the State reserve fund account in First Bank. This is besides other balances in the state Government House account with Zenith Bank and other government Ministries, Departments and Agencies(MDAs) accounts, like the Bureau for Public Procurement (BPP).”