Segun Oni’s Group Reveals ‘Main Reason’ Fayemi Is Contesting Ekiti Guber
The campaign organisation of Ekiti State governorship aspirant, Segun Oni, says it has come to accept the reality that the “main reason” why former minister, Kayode Fayemi, is running for the state’s governorship seat is not just to ascend power but to prevent Oni from becoming governor and maltreat his followers.
In a statement it issued in Ado-Ekiti on Friday, the group accused Fayemi’s campaign organisation of mistreating its members even after Oni lost the Ekiti APC primary election and asked his followers to support the former mines and steel minister.
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The campaign organisation which accused Fayemi’s camp of demonstrating “open hatred for Segun Oni and his group”, said the former minister and his supporters believe they can win the governorship seat for the All Progressives Congress (APC) without their help.
The statement signed by Oni’s campaign organisation director, Ife Arowosoge, reads:
“The insinuation for all these started before the primary when it was reported that the main reason why Dr. Fayemi joined the race was to prevent a “stranger” like Segun Oni from taking over the APC. Their gospel belief is that Chief Segun Oni, the former Deputy National Chairman (South) for APC is a PDP member who is a stranger to the APC.
“It has become more worrisome in that the Fayemi group has continued its acts of marginalization, maltreatment, harassment and intimidation of our members at our party rallies,” the communique read.
“Rather than seeing and treating Segun Oni and his group as partners in the quest for a resounding victory for our great party, APC in the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti, the JKFCO has been nursing the fleeting illusion that they could do it without the Segun Oni and his group who shall therefore be put in the cooler for the four-year tenure of Fayemi.”
The group further said it has, “unanimously resolved to support the fore-sighted legal action instituted by the Segun Oni group as this will not only prevent the party from not being part of the governorship election but very importantly strengthens the rule of law and our democracy in Nigeria. Also, the legal action will defend our rights, privileges and interests within the party”.
