The National chairman of Labour Party (LP), Mike Omotosho has vowed to reject plans by former governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko to return to the party, accusing him of attempting to destabilize the party.

 Omotosho, who stated this on Wednesday during a press conference in Abuja titled “Once Bitten, Twice Shy – Nigerian Workers Reject Plans by Olusegun Mimiko To Return to Labour Party”, said categorically that the party will not  re-admit Mimiko into its fold. 

Mr. Mimiko had in his letter of resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP ) on Wednesday said his reasons for leaving the country’s main opposition party were personal and well thought-out.

“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,” Mimiko said.

The medical doctor-turned politician came into office in 2009 on the platform of the LP and was re-elected in 2012 but moved the entire structure of the party to the PDP because of the presidential election.

The LP chairman said the sole purpose of Mr. Mimiko’s re-approach to the Labour Party was to use the workers’ party to launder his sagging political image.

“Nigeria would recall that Dr. Mimiko abandoned the Labour Party for the People’s Democratic party a few days to Labour Party’s October 2015 National Convention,” the statement said.

“The Nigeria Labour Congress wishes to disown and condemn recent posturing and proclamation by some politicians in Ekiti State. Workers and the Ekiti electorate should not allow themselves to be hoodwinked by the antics of political impostors,” it added.

Ekiti has no governorship candidate for the July 14 gubernatorial election in the state which is the immediate neighbour of Ondo State.