Former Ekiti State Governor and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Engr Segun Oni, has left the party, as build up to June 18 gubernatorial election in the state is getting closer, but his(Oni) next line of action was yet unknown.
Penpushing reports that, Oni decision to quit the party alongside his supporters took place at a meeting, held at his residence in Ifaki-Ekiti, Ido/Osi Local Government Area of the State, announcing that it was with immediate effect,
The Public Relations Officer for Segun Oni Movement, Adebayo Jackson, confirmed the development , stressing that the resignation was with immediate effect, but kept his boss next party of choice to his chest.
Penpushing further reports that, Jackson explained that, the former Governor succumbed to pressures from majority of Ekiti people, who he said are eager to return him to power in the forthcoming poll under any political party of his choice.
“I can confirm to you that His Excellency, Engr. Segun Oni has finally resigned from the PDP. All the people of Ekiti have decided that they want Segun Oni as gubernatorial candidate on any political platform. And he had harkened to the calls’, he said.
“In fact, it was the image of Oni that has been promoting the image of PDP in Ekiti State. And once the PDP has decided to kill itself, we have to take a bow and leave. Ekiti people will not leave Oni alone to go like that because they can’t see any other person that can deliver what Oni has been doing for them.
“So, it is the voice of the people and not the voice of anybody. As it is now, both PDP and APC will be contesting against the people of Ekiti. And the symbol of the people of Ekiti State is Engr. Oni’, Jackson said.
The spokesman, who was one time Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in the State, affirmed that Oni was leaving the party with thousands of his supporters and loyalists, and there was no going back.
Penpushing also reports that, former Director of Segun Oni Campaign Organisation, Lanre Ogunsuyi, while corroborating the exit of Oni from the leading opposition party, explained that, the decision followed high degree of injustice meted to him( Oni) by some powerful forces in the party during the January 26 primary election.
‘We have just said bye bye to PDP, and His Excellency thanked all the people that worked with him and dissolved all the structures that ran the purported primary in PDP. What we have now is a confluence of people, called ‘Segun Oni Movement’. And by next week, we should have sorted ourselves out, in line with INEC timetable’, he added.
“It is normal to speculate about politicians especially a politician of Oni’s stature. He is a former governor and he has just left PDP. What is certain is that we have left PDP, but we are not certain about where we are going,” he said.
“Because PDP is a cult. Oni has been consistent in the search for truth. Truth in Nigerian politics means you will be persecuted and all that, and that is all that has been happening. When you are consistently in the search of truth and fair play, those things have no value in Nigerian politics,” he added
Penpushing also reports that, investigations within the political circle in the state, as at the time of filing this report, however, said his(Oni) next party of choice, maybe All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA
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