Ekiti 2022: Segun Oni dumps PDP, joins APGA

A former governor of Ekiti State, Engr Segun Oni, has formally joined the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) to contest for the June 18 governorship election in the state.

This is coming a few days after Oni lost the governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to Otunba Bisi Kolawole, who is said to be an anointed candidate of former Governor Ayodele Fayose.

Bisi Kolawole was declared the winner of the PDP governorship primary election with 671 votes, while Oni, his closest rival, garnered 330 votes.

The Star recalls that the Segun Oni Campaign Organisation had rejected the outcome of the PDP governorship primary election held in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital on Wednesday, January 26, 2022.

The Director-General of the Campaign Organisation, Hon. Yemi Arokodare, in a statement, alleged that members of the organisation were disenchanted by the process.

Arokodare alleged that the delegates’ register was mutilated and many delegates’ names were missing from the register.

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According to him, 32 automatic delegates who were accredited were not given tags and were not allowed to vote.

Arokodare said Governor Udom also allegedly threatened to arrest and lock all of these delegates if any of them should come into the hall.

The organisation boss also alleged that Udom deliberately allowed Fayose to sit in the hall even after he has voted, a situation which is against the rules earlier pronounced by Udom.

According to him, Udom allowed aides of Fayose to sit in the hall purposely to intimidate other delegates.

Arokodare alleged that Fayose was the chairman of Udom election committee in Akwa Ibom and that the January 26 PDP primary election was a payback for Ayo Fayose.

He concluded that the primary was not free and fair.

TheStar