The former Governor of Ekiti State, Engineer Segun Oni has expressed his fear that Ekiti State would turn to a pariah state if the governorship candidate of People Democratic Party in the state, Ayo Fayose wins the forthcoming gubernatorial election. He said this during an interview with the Punch newspaper:
"Ekiti would become a pariah because everybody would believe that he (Fayose) is our standard and who we are. Our children would become second class when they are in contest with others. Most people would be so biased against them that they would not give them a chance. Take a man from Afghanistan and the United States for an example, before you hear them speak about what stuff they are made of, you would have judged them and expect that the American would be better than the Afghan. That is prejudice and that is the kind of thing the Ekiti man would suffer in the comity of states".
