Ekiti: An update By Reuben Abati GOVERNOR Segun Oni of Ekiti State and his PDP kith and kin were so triumphant on television two days ago, you would think what they have on their hands was a clean electoral trophy. But the victory that the PDP has snatched from the re-run election in 10 local councils and 63 wards in the just concluded process in Ekiti is a pyrrhic victory. Segun Oni may have won the battle, but he must prepare for the war ahead. Already, the Action Congress and its candidate in that election, Kayode Fayemi are threatening to go back to the election petition tribunal to challenge the legitimacy of the new mandate that Governor Segun Oni has claimed. This would mean another round of litigation, and the deployment of state resources to fight what now appears to be an unending electoral struggle in Ekiti State. When will Ekiti have peace? The bigger challenge that Governor Oni faces is that he i...
Read the full article.