The former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayo Fayose,
has stated that former Governor of the state, Mr. Segun Oni, is not welcome to
the Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), “because he is a
paperweight.”
Fayose stated this on Tuesday while reacting to a
declaration letter dated May 24, 2020, which was addressed to the PDP Caretaker
Committee by Oni, who is a former deputy national chairman of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), indicating his interest to return to the PDP.
Extract from the nine-page letter Oni wrote said:
"At our consultative meeting on March 15, 2020, we took a decision to
leave the APC for PDP. Our purpose of writing this letter is to inform you
formally that we have since directed our members to join the PDP at their
respective wards, and that as soon as the COVID-19 restrictions permit, we
would like to mark our declaration with a rally in Ado Ekiti. This will be in
full consultation and agreement with you."
But, Oni's decision to return to the PDP seems to
have reawakened the longtime rift between the two former governors, Fayose and
Oni respectively, as Fayose flagrantly discarded the Oni's intentions owing to “his
political irrelevance.”
Describing Oni and his group as paperweights,
Fayose, who forwarded the Oni's letter to the official PDP WhatsApp platform,
said Oni and his group are not welcomed in PDP.
Fayose said: "Majority of these Oni’s fellow
returnees is nothing but known or no ‘weight’, whose names are simply to fill
the gaps in desperation for recognition. They are not welcome."
Meanwhile, Oni's intentions to return to PDP has
been described as a welcome development by majority of the party members,
especially those in Senator Biodun Olujimi's camp, stressing that Oni's
political clout is needed to further compliment the progressive efforts of
Olujimi and other leaders who are poised to reposition the party.
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