Ekiti Decides: Oyebanji’s camp dares Oni to challenge guber poll result

The Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji (BAO) Campaign Organisation has dared former governor Segun Oni of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to challenge the outcome of the just concluded governorship election in Ekiti State.

A day after the APC flag-bearer, Biodun Oyebanji was returned elected, Oni who was governor between 2007 and 2010 in the state through his media aide, Moses Jolayemi, had rejected the outcome of the election, citing electoral malpractices allegedly by the ruling party.

But the Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji (BAO) Campaign Organization through its Director-General, Cyril Fasuyi, while appearing on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics a day after the poll held said, “It is usual for Engineer Segun Oni and his team,.

“When you see a man that has a habitual way of thinking that if it is not him, then it is nobody; then you won’t be shocked that a party that was defeated with over 100,000 votes … comes to say it rejects the result, it is amazing.

“There is nothing wrong, he is free to go anywhere. In court, there is this usual parlance that he who alleges must prove; so, we are waiting, they should bring out all the proofs they have against us”, Fasuyi added.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Biodun Oyebanji, as the winner of the keenly contested election.

Oyebanji polled 187,057 votes – over 100,000 votes more than that of his closest rival, Oni who scored 82,211 votes in the election, while Bisi Kolawole of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came third in the poll with 67,457 votes.