Former Ekiti state governor Segun Oni dismissed reports that he was working for the ruling All Progressive Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu.
Over the weekend, his spokesman, Jackson Adebayo, issued a statement clarifying that.
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Oni, a Social Democrat, was the SDP candidate in the last election, echoing the comments of Oyetunde Ojo and South West Agenda, SWAGA.
He dismissed suggestions that he was working with former governor Ayo Fayose to realize Tinubu’s ambitions.
Oni called it “a very dishonest statement and a cheap lie”, explaining that he could not work for the former Lagos governor.
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The statement said Tinubu’s footprint was “very evident in the last rigged Ekiti gubernatorial election”.
The ruling APC governor, Biodun Oyebanji, won the June 18, 2022 election.
Unlike Osun, Oni said, his lawyers were not allowed to inspect the Bimodal Voter Authentication System (BVAS) machines, despite two court orders against INEC.
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The former governor claimed that he had previously been victimized by electoral theft and judicial misconduct perpetrated by the same individual over the past few years.
Oni advised people not to overtax his tolerance, he said that he’s not in the business of taking orders from politicians.
