By Victor Ogunje
A former Ekiti State Governor, Chief Segun Oni yesterday defended his aspiration to contest the 2022 governorship race in the state, noting that he was in the race to rescue the state from total collapse.
Oni, also a former Deputy National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), added that his governorship aspiration was born out of the need to expand the frontiers of development for the benefit of the masses.
He gave these reasons yesterday at his campaign office in Ado Ekiti while unveiling members of his team that would drive his governorship campaign in 2022.
Oni had defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after he lost the APC governorship nomination to the incumbent governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi in 2018.
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Former Governor of Ekiti, Segun Oni, has said his ambition to contest next year’s governorship election in the state is geared towards rescuing Ekiti from
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Former Governor of Ekiti State, Chief Segun Oni, has said his ambition ahead of the 2022 governorship poll in the state was geared towards rescuing Ekiti from total collapse and expand its frontiers of development for the benefit of the masses.
Oni, who led Ekiti between May 29, 2007, and October 15, 2010, said his intention to re-contest for the coveted seat, was not targeted at corrupt enrichment of himself, family and political cronies.
The People’s Democratic Party(PDP) chieftain spoke in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital on Saturday while unveiling members of his campaign team that would power his governorship ambition next year.