– Governor Mimiko in his new book revealed the strange occurrences surrounding his birth
– He also wrote about how he found his way into politics
Muyinat Mimiko, mother of Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo state, has narrated how the outgoing governor disappeared from her womb when she was five and a half months pregnant.
According to Punch, Mrs Mimiko said her stomach suddenly went flat and she couldn’t feel a baby’s kick during her second trimester.
She revealed this in her son’s new book, titled “Mimiko’s Odyssey: A Biography of Revelations” which was presented in Akure, Ondo state, on Wednesday, February 15.
Mimiko, mother and wife
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Muyinat said: “His birth? I had a child before him. The governor is my second child. When his pregnancy was about five and a half months, it suddenly disappeared.
“It didn’t kick, not any sign of pregnancy in my womb again. The stomach that was protruded suddenly went flat.”
The book also revealed that the Governor’s father, Atiku Famimikomi, fell sick when his wife was pregnant with Governor Mimiko and during his sickness, he insisted that if his wife was not delivered of the baby on October 3, 1954, then he was not responsible for the pregnancy.
The book revealed that: “Aside the pregnancy seemingly disappearing, as narrated by Mama Muyinat Mimiko, it is also on record that the conception of
“The father, even on his sick bed, kept reiterating to whoever cared to listen that if the child was not delivered on October 3, then it would mean that he was not responsible for the pregnancy.
“Why he was so emphatic about the date is unknown to anyone, and may never be known, as the father did not divulge it before his demise.”
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The book also revealed how Governor Mimiko became a politician. In the book he said his first political party was the defunct Unity Party of Nigeria, but explained that he joined the faction under the leadership of the late former Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Chief Akin Omoboriowo.
Meanwhile, Mimiko in the book also said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo threatened him and also pleaded with him not to resign from his government as a minister.
Mimiko, who was the Minister of Works under the regime of the former President, said Obasanjo said this in order to dissuade him from vying for the office of governor of Ondo state.
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