A week after dumping the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former Ekiti Governor, Segun Oni, said he had yet to move to a new party.
Oni denied rumours doing the rounds that he had pitched his tents with the All Progressive Grand Alliance(APGA).
He described the rumour as absolute falsehood and handiwork of mischief makers.
In a statement, on Sunday, by the Director of Media and Publicity of Chief Segun Oni Movement, Jackson Adebayo, the former Governor said he was “partyless” at the moment.
Oni dismissed as puerile and barefaced lies the rumour that he had joined APGA as well as pulled out of the party again, adding it was part of calculated attempts by those who were being threatened by his soaring popularity.
He explained that though many political parties had approached him to be their standard bearer in the June 18 governorship election, he declined because consultations with the people of Ekiti had yet to be concluded.
“It now became laughable reading on social media that Segun Oni is leaving APGA that he has never joined before; or how can you resign from an association you never belong.
“Although, some stakeholders in Ekiti project did approached to convince Oni on reasons he should agreed to contest on APGA’s platform he declined arguing that the people of Ekiti State would come up with a party they love before the close of the window.
“The people behind such concocted lies and rumours are those who were being taunted by the geometrical growing of Segun Oni popularity and the negative effects it will have on other political party in Ekiti State.
“What they wanted to achieve with such a blackmail has however backfired on them as the people of the state refused to buy into the shenanigans; as it stands today the only person that the people could trust with the governance of the state is Chief Segun Oni as evidently displays at every nooks and crannies of the state.
“We would not be bother by this kind of balderdash in the build up to the June 18 governorship poll as we are too focused than to be distracted by the writings that was rumbled primarily together to cause confusion,” he explained.
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