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Segun Oni, a Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate for governor, was attacked yesterday in Efon Alaaye in the Efon Local Government Area of Ekiti State by thugs who were allegedly connected to a political party in the state. According to a news release from Jackson Adebayo, Director of Media and Publicity for the Segun Oni Campaign Organisation (SOCO), the attack took place at 3:30 pm. He claimed that shortly after the SDP candidate's supporters and members gathered to welcome him, the thugs began firing at them and hitting them with sticks and cutlasses.