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'{{Short description|Nigerian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Olusegun Oni | image = | office = Deputy National Chairman of [[All Progressive Congress]] (South) | term_start = 2014 | term_end = 2020 | office1 = [[Governor of Ekiti State]] | term_start1 = 29 May 2007 | term_end1 = 15 October 2010 | predecessor1 = [[Tope Ademiluyi]] | successor1 = [[Kayode Fayemi]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|09|05|df=y}} | birth_place = Ifaki, [[Ekiti State|Ekiti]] | death_date = | party = [[Social Democratic Party (Nigeria)|SDP]] }} '''Olusegun Oni''', also known as '''Segun Oni''', (born 5 September 1954) is a Nigerian politician and a former Governor of [[Ekiti State]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ekitinigeria.net/|title=Ekitinigeria|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/News/5413207-147/Segun_Oni_is_Ekiti_state_governor.csp|title=Segun Oni is Ekiti state Governor|website=234Next News}}</ref> between 29 May 2007 and 14 October 2010. He was a member of the ruling [[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|People's Democratic Party]] (PDP). In 2014 he defected from the PDP and joined the newly formed opposition party [[All Progressive Congress]] (APC) where He was given the position of Deputy National Chairman South from 2014–2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/new-007-mission-for-jaguar-land-rover/|title=New 007 mission for Jaguar Land Rover|date=2018-04-24|website=The Sun Nigeria|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-13}}</ref> ==Birth and education== Olusegun Oni was born at Ifaki,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-16 |title=Ekiti 2022: Segun Oni joins SDP to contest guber election |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/02/ekiti-2022-segun-oni-joins-sdp-to-contest-guber-election/ |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Ekiti State]] on 5 September 1954. He attended the Methodist Secondary Modern School, Ifaki Ekiti (1965–1968) and Wesley College, [[Ibadan]] (1969–1971).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oroo |first=Brian |date=2022-06-09 |title=Olusegun Oni’s bio: profile of SDP's Ekiti governorship candidate |url=https://www.legit.ng/ask-legit/biographies/1472539-olusegun-onis-bio-profile-sdps-ekiti-governorship-candidate/ |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=Legit.ng - Nigeria news. |language=en}}</ref> He took a post at the Community Secondary Modern School, Ido Ekiti, from January 1972 to July 1973, then moved to Ayetoro-Iloro High School, Ayetoro/Iloro Ekiti, moving to the [[University of Ife]] in September, 1974.<ref name=self>{{cite web |url=http://www.segunoni.org/about-sugun-oni/page_2.html |title=Great Ife ... |publisher=Olusegun Oni |access-date=2009-12-12}}</ref> Segun became a corporate member, [[Nigerian Society of Engineers]] in 1987. In 1988, he became a COREN registered Engineer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://segunoni.org/background/professional-affiliations.html|title=Professional Affiliation|website=SegunOni}}</ref> He was Treasurer, Lagos State Chapter of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers (1986–1988). Segun Oni was a foundation member of the [[United Nigeria Congress Party]] (UNCP) in Ekiti.<ref name=self/> ==Governor of Ekiti State== Olusegun Oni was elected governor of [[Ekiti State]] in April 2007 on the PDP platform. He was removed from office on 15 October 2010 following the Judgement of an Appeal Court which ruled against him.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ogunje |first1=Victor |title=Nigeria: Ekiti - Oni, PDP Take Back Seat as Fayemi Begins Reign |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201010190742.html |website=All Africa |access-date=26 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2010-10-15 |title=Nigeria court sacks state governor months before polls |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/ozatp-nigeria-governor-20101015-idAFJOE69E0D220101015 |access-date=2022-06-18}}</ref> ==Election controversy== Oni's election as governor has been contentious with his main opponent in the 2007 general election, Dr. Kayode Fayemi challenging his victory at the Election Petition Tribunal in Ekiti State.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jubilation In Ekiti: Fayemi In, Oni Out, Appeal Court In Landmark Judgment - P.M. News |url=https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2010/10/15/jubilation-in-ekiti-fayemi-in-oni-out-appeal-court-in-landmark-judgment/ |access-date=2022-06-18 |language=en-US}}</ref> Segun Oni was briefly thrown out of office after the court of appeal upturned the decision of a lower court after the April 2007 general election. In Ekiti State, an effort to get a governor at a point during his tenure using the re-run election of 2009 was "marked by violence and intimidation since the man elected back in 2007, Segun Oni, was thrown out of office after massive vote-rigging emerged".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8034045.stm|title=Town poll tests Nigeria democracy|date=2009-05-05|access-date=2020-02-13|language=en-GB}}</ref> Apart from violence, adding to the controversy was the conduct of the electoral commissioner who initially refused to announce the results of the re-run election. "The electoral commissioner was supposed to announce poll results last week after the initial re-run but refused to do so, alleging fraud, and temporarily went into hiding".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8035176.stm|title=Soldiers quell Nigeria opposition|date=2009-05-06|access-date=2020-02-13|language=en-GB}}</ref> The result of the re-run election was also challenged by his arch-rival, Dr. Kayode Fayemi at the Ekiti State re-Constituted Election Petition Tribunal. In May 2010, Oni won by a split decision (3:2) at the election petition tribunal. "The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, upheld the election of incumbent Governor Segun Oni, thereby dismissing the petition filed by the Action Congress (AC) Governorship candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=172671|title=Election view|website=ThisDay}}</ref> The "Majority ruling declares Oni winner with 109,000 to Dr. Kayode Fayemi's 106,000 after deductions of unlawful votes were made"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jubilation In Ekiti: Fayemi In, Oni Out, Appeal Court In Landmark Judgment - P.M. News |url=https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2010/10/15/jubilation-in-ekiti-fayemi-in-oni-out-appeal-court-in-landmark-judgment/ |access-date=2022-06-18 |language=en-US}}</ref> ruling opposed this by upholding that "We hold that the Petitioners have duly and dutifully proved their case". Two judges supported the minority judgement while three judges endorsed the majority ruling.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.myondostate.com/myondostate/newssend.php?id=183|title=Jak Zarabiać Na Opcjach Binarnych|website=www.myondostate.com|access-date=2018-01-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thenationonlineng.net/web2/articles/46060/1/Ekiti-Tribunal-verdict-sparks-controversy/Page1.html|title=The Nation Newspaper Nigeria - Read Latest Nigeria News|website=The Nation Nigeria|language=en-US|access-date=2018-01-03}}</ref> He was removed from office on 15 October following the Judgement of the Appeal Court which ruled against him in favour of his opponent Kayode Fayemi. ==Personal life== Oni is married to Olukemi Adetola (née Ogunsiji) and they have two children, a girl and a boy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oroo |first=Brian |date=2022-06-09 |title=Olusegun Oni’s bio: profile of SDP's Ekiti governorship candidate |url=https://www.legit.ng/ask-legit/biographies/1472539-olusegun-onis-bio-profile-sdps-ekiti-governorship-candidate/ |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=Legit.ng - Nigeria news. |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ekiti 2022: Meet The Gubernatorial Candidates |url=https://allnews.ng/news/ekiti-2022-meet-the-gubernatorial-candidates |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=allnews.ng |language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{EkitiStateGovernors}} {{Nigerian state governors 2007-2011 term}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Oni, Olusegun}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1954 births]] [[Category:Yoruba politicians]] [[Category:People from Ekiti State]] [[Category:Governors of Ekiti State]] [[Category:United Nigeria Congress Party politicians]] [[Category:Peoples Democratic Party state governors of Nigeria]] [[Category:Obafemi Awolowo University alumni]]'