Engineer Segun Oni, a former Governor of Ekiti State, was in the capital city of the state on Tuesday where he urged the people to sweep both the ruling All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party out of power.
He spoke in his capacity as the flag of the Social Democratic Party for the June 18 gubernatorial election in the state.
Oni, who was received by supporters at Ikere Ekiti on arrival in the state en route the Akure Airport and later Ado Ekiti, said the people of Ekiti had no choice but to vote the SDP which he said would correct the anomalies and hardships imposed on the state by the successive All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party governments.
The SDP candidate pleaded with Ekiti people of voting age to get their Permanent Voter Cards and sweep the ruling APC out of the state, assuring the people that they would take absolute ownership of his government as it was during his first term between 2007 and 2010 if elected.
He said, “Our election is coming up on June 18, 2022; you are all aware of this. My advice to all of you is to go and get your PVCs and send this government packing. Sending them packing is good riddance to bad rubbish.”
The former governor, who had been APC deputy national chairman, and dumped PDP in February after losing the battle for the party’s ticket, told the gathering in Ado Ekiti, “You won’t miss both PDP and APC in Ekiti if you vote for me.
“What is the essence of a government that cannot bring progress? Please tell them that progress has come and that progress is Segun Oni. By the grace of God, I will not disappoint you. Your voter card is your power, don’t allow these people to continue to dominate the system and cheat you.”
“Go and mobilise for SDP, it is the party of progress. Ekiti people don’t deserve suffering, sweep them away with your votes on June 18. I have served you before, you know that I represent transparency and development and these I will give you if elected on June 18.
“I can’t deceive you, it is the same Segun Oni that you voted for in 2007, I shall keep all my promises to you. I believe in the people and the power shall be in your hands this time like I did during my first term,” he said.
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