Former Ekiti governor finalised return to PDP, says associate

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By Ayodele Afolabi, Ado-Ekiti

02 May 2024 | 3:10 p.m.

Barring immoderate last-minute changes, erstwhile Governor of Ekiti State Segun Oni is to instrumentality to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) soon, his governmental subordinate and Chairmanship aspirant, Chief Segun Akinwumi has said. Oni near the PDP aft the enactment superior successful 2022 erstwhile helium mislaid to the anointed campaigner of Ex-governor Ayodele Fayose, Mr Bisi…

Segun Oni

Oni near the PDP aft the enactment superior successful 2022 erstwhile helium mislaid to the anointed campaigner of Ex-governor Ayodele Fayose, Mr Bisi Kolawole. He alleged that the predetermination was manipulated to favour Fayose’s candidate.

He aboriginal decamped to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) wherever helium contested for the governorship predetermination successful June 2022 and came 2nd aft Governor Biodun Oyebanji, the past the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaigner who won the election.

Addressing newsmen successful Ado Ekiti, Akinwumi said that Oni is simply waiting for an due clip aft the PDP whitethorn person resolved the lingering situation bedeviling the party, earlier returning to the PDP, saying that the ex-governor does not privation to get entangled successful the crisis.

He besides alleged that respective aggrieved members of the ruling APC successful Ekiti were already reaching retired to him and expressing their tendency to decamp to PDP due to the fact that of their unjust attraction successful their party.

Meanwhile, the Chairmanship hopeful has pledged to manus implicit PDP to archetypal owners who person remained successful the trenches owed to the intractable situation rocking the party, saying that helium is the lone aspirant that could bash it.

The erstwhile commissioner besides appealed to each the leaders of the enactment to mend fences successful the involvement of the electoral aboriginal party. He urged them to enactment speech primordial sentiment and enactment the PDP first.

“The PDP successful Ekiti is presently successful the doldrums and it indispensable beryllium pulled retired of doldrums. Let the antheral who knows the way, propulsion it out. I americium the preferred idiosyncratic to bash the job. We are inching to the authorities location Oke Ayoba travel 2026.”

Ahead of the enactment Congress, Akinwumi urged the National Working Committee (NWC) to guarantee level playing tract for each aspirants of the party, saying that is the lone mode to reposition PDP.

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