The Court of Appeal, sitting in Ado-Ekiti, had dismissed the appeal of the candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Engr Segun Oni, for lacking in substance.
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Oni’s reaction followed a letter making the rounds to the effect that he has withdrawn from the election, which had started.
Oni, the gubernatorial candidate of the party in the June 18 governorship election in Ekiti State, said this on Wednesday.
Oni, in a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti Thursday, slammed the attack in its totality, stressing: “It is a barbaric and heartless attack purposely directed at the party secretariat”.
Also to be honoured at the award ceremony which is being held to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the state are former military administrators of the state, and citizens that championed the creation of Ekiti State in 1996 as well as some traditional rulers.
The position of the Segun Oni Campaign Organisation was contained in a communique it issued at the end of its expanded meeting in Ado Ekiti
Oni made the threat when he spoke with newsmen on Tuesday in Ifaki-Ekiti, Ekiti State.
Fayemi stated this while addressing his supporters at the headquarters of his campaign office, shortly after he emerged as the APC standard bearer for the July 14 governorship election.