Senator Iyiola Omisore, One
of the contestants at the Osun governorship election has given the condition to
support the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ademola Adeleke, in the
Osun rerun on Thursday.
The election was declared
inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday
because, according to the commission, the difference between the votes scored
by the two leading parties, the PDP and the All Progressives Congress, was
lower than the number of votes cancelled.
After the collation of all
the results from the 30 council areas of the state, Adeleke of the PDP had
254,698 while the candidate of APC, Gboyega Oyetola, polled 254,345.
The candidate of the Action
Democratic Party, Moshood Adeoti, scored 49,742, while the candidate of the
African Democratic Congress, Fatai Akinbade, scored 7,681 votes. Omisore scored
128,049 votes. Adeoti left the APC while Akinbade defected from the PDP to
contest in the election.
INEC said the rerun would
take place in seven polling units located in Orolu, Osogbo, Ife North and Ife
South council areas on Thursday.
Omisore became a bride to
the two parties because most of the polling units fall within his stronghold.
Omisore’s father, Oba David Omisore, is the ruler of the Garage Olode, a town
in Ife -South, where elections in two units were cancelled.
Speaking during the visit
of a PDP presidential aspirant, Senator Bukola Saraki, to his home in Ile-Ife
on Monday, Omisore, who also dumped the PDP after a disagreement over the
party’s primary, said as a stakeholder in the state, he was always after a
people-centred government.
Omisore said:
“I have given my programmes
to both the APC and the PDP. My programme is like this; payment of salaries and
pensions. Good governance is what is important to me.
“Anyone between the two
that will do that will get my support. I am passionate about Osun State and my
interest is the welfare of the people of this state. I have told those sent to
me. At the appropriate time, we will tell you where we are going.”
Thank you your excellency the senate president, senator @bukolasaraki for the visit, together we shall make Osun great again. #OsunDecides2018 #goodgovernanceinosunstate pic.twitter.com/mSy5BuQaGx— Iyiola Omisore (@iyiomisore) 24 September 2018
We have agreed to work together because our goals are the same. We all want good governance in Osun State. Over the next 24 hours, we will work out the details. #OsunDecides2018 pic.twitter.com/I1YuhjSTWy— Bukola Saraki (@bukolasaraki) 24 September 2018
Our discussion will definitely be useful for the growth of democracy in our country; the development of Osun State and its people; as well as for future engagements among political players. #OsunDecides2018 pic.twitter.com/x53aazRhTu— Bukola Saraki (@bukolasaraki) 24 September 2018
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