Segun Oni, former governor of
Ekiti and an aspirant in the recent governorship primary of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), has threatened to leave the party.
Addressing journalists in
Ifaki-Ekiti, Ekiti, on Tuesday, he said his supporters in the party are being
harassed.
Oni came second in the primary
which was won by Kayode Fayemi, minister of solid minerals development.
He said although he has been
“receiving pressure” from other parties to join them, he had decided to remain
in the APC despite the loss.
Oni, however, added that there is
a purported plan to sideline his supporters if Fayemi wins the state’s
governorship election, an action that may make him quit the party.
“The contest was not about me.
Our people must learn a new lesson that when you enjoy goodwill and you lose a
primary, the next thing is for you to move to another party, with a thinking
that you will win,” he said.
“[But) I have a responsibility to
protect my supporters. This habit of winners take all and what we are hearing
that Segun Oni’s boys will be in the cooler for four years if APC wins is what
I won’t tolerate.
“We are not scavenging, neither
are we scavengers. We have been receiving pressure from different parties that
we should come for the tickets, but we said no, because we want this to be an
example and become a new thinking that when you lose the primary, you must stay
in your party even when you are popular.
“But if they continue to harass
my supporters, I may quit the party, because I have the responsibility not only
to protect them but to ensure that they are not taken for a ride.”
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