Ekiti 2022: “SADLY, PDP HAS NO CHANCE” - Hon Yemi Arokodare (MHR 2003-2007)


A former House of Representatives member (2003-2007), Yemi Arokodare, on Wednesday, said that his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, had no chance of winning the June 18, 2022 governorship election in Ekiti State.

He also disclosed that the arrangement to produce the next governor of Ekiti State is “a grand coalition of Omoluabis,” and it transcended partisan interests and political platforms.

Arokodare, who expressed the regrets that the PDP might be off to a poor start with a defeat in Ekiti ahead of the 2023 elections, said the party should blame “those who traded away the opportunity to field a popular candidate with the pedigree to win the governorship race.”

He, however, urged the PDP to apply wisdom in its approach to the Ekiti election because of the prospects of winning the 2023 Presidential poll in the state.

According to Arokodare, “the June 18, 2022 election is now a straight fight between the failed APC and the SDP, and Chief Segun Oni is obviously the choice of Ekiti people, the candidate to beat and the most formidable in the race.

“A recent survey by NOI Poll captured the standing of the candidates and their parties in Ekiti, and it was shown in the poll that the PDP is not in contest, having scored a distant third, while the SDP and APC were running neck and neck.

“Ekiti was a low hanging fruit for the PDP with Chief Segun Oni, but some persons gambled away that beautiful opportunity because of ego and greed. Today, the reality is dawning on everybody that the PDP is down and out of Ekiti 2022.

“If you visit any part of Ekiti, it is the shout of Engr Segun Oni, the singing of Ekiti Koya, Otogee (Ekiti Seeks Liberation, Enough is Enough) and the mentioning of the SDP; it is sad that the PDP has made a costly mistake.

“The candidacy of Chief Segun Oni is supported by a grand coalition of Omoluabis across party lines, platforms and partisan interests; he is seen as a special purpose vehicle endorsed by the people to rescue the state as our next governor.

“Let me also state that Ekiti is known for alternative politics, and that is what Segun Oni represents in the coming election.”

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