Olusegun Oni was born on 5 September 1954 and is a Nigerian politician who served as governor of Ekiti State from 29 May 2007 to 17 February 2009 and from 6 May 2009 to 15 October 2010.
12 Facts About Olusegun Oni
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Olusegun Oni was a member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party.
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Olusegun Oni was born at Ifaki, Ekiti State on 5 September 1954.
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Olusegun Oni attended the Methodist Secondary Modern School, Ifaki Ekiti and Wesley College, Ibadan.
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Olusegun Oni was Treasurer, Lagos State Chapter of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers.
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Segun Oni was a foundation member of the United Nigeria Congress Party in Ekiti.
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Olusegun Oni was elected governor of Ekiti State in April 2007 on the PDP platform.
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Olusegun Oni was removed from office on 15 October 2010 following the Judgement of an Appeal Court which ruled against him.
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Segun Olusegun 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.
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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 Olusegun Oni, was thrown out of office after massive vote-rigging emerged".
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In May 2010, Olusegun Oni won by a split decision at the election petition tribunal.
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Olusegun Oni is married to Olukemi Adetola and they have two children, a girl and a boy.