Ekiti gov’ship: Zoning will spell doom for PDP — Ex-gov

A former Governor of Ekiti State, Engr. Segun Oni has opposed the agitation for power shift to Ekiti South in 2022, saying zoning would spell doom for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). An aspirant and former deputy governor of the state, Prof Kolapo Olusola said on Monday that critical stakeholders in the state should reach […]

A former Governor of Ekiti State, Engr. Segun Oni has opposed the agitation for power shift to Ekiti South in 2022, saying zoning would spell doom for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

An aspirant and former deputy governor of the state, Prof Kolapo Olusola said on Monday that critical stakeholders in the state should reach a consensus that power should move to Ekiti South in the next governorship election.

But Oni, who is also eyeing the governorship seat told newsmen during an interactive session yesterday that the PDP should think more about a credible candidate that would defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), adding that zoning would do incalculable damage to the PDP.

“When I was going in 2010, I said we should help the south to become governor. No governor had ever like the south more than me. I gave key positions like the minister, SSG, commissioner for works to the south when I was governor.

“Let me say this clearly, only a ruling party can zone governorship. But if you are in opposition, you should only think of who can take power. Let me thank Mr Ayodele Fayose, he had the luxury as a governor and he went for it, though we lost in 2018.

“Ekiti voters are ready for us, I mean ready to vote for us. No party can be lucky more than this. Our road to the government house is almost clear, people have been saying that to us. Though we have internal crisis, we will resolve our differences because we don’t want to play second fiddle again.

“We are not imposing consensus and whoever has the largest appeal should win the primary and get the ticket. That is our belief and that is what is going to happen.

“The issue of insecurity is very unfortunate but not peculiar to Ekiti alone. When I was  governor, we constructed a panic alert system, that can alert the police anywhere there was gunshot in Ekiti and police will just come to the location quickly to rescue the situation,” he said.