SDP candidate, Senator
Iyiola Omisore has expressed confidence that his popularity will earn him
victory in the September 22 governorship election in Osun state.
Omishore, a former deputy
governor of the state, said this during an interview on Channels Television’s
on Sunday, September 9.
His words: “I am the most
popular candidate in Osun state now. The issue is that Osun politics is Omisore
and others.
“You don’t just do a
bedroom analysis or beer parlour analysis; let us wait and see the result of
the election.”
The former deputy governor
who left the opposition party for SDP in May this year has been criticised by
PDP members in the state for his defection.
He faulted the claims that
he defected because he knew he would not get the party’s ticket, saying the
effect of his departure was evident on the PDP in the state.
“Since I left the PDP, PDP
in Osun state has been dead. The point is that Omisore was PDP in Osun state
and the PDP was Omisore.
“The point I left was the
fact that I foresaw lack of internal democracy,” he added.
“Our convention was held,
party officers were chosen; the National Working Committee (NWC) now cancelled
all convention decisions against the Supreme Court judgement,” he lamented.
He also played down the
claims that he was desperate to become a governor, stressing that the
electorate would decide who they want to succeed Governor Aregbesola.
“The people determine their
leader, the people determine who is popular, the people determine who is
credible.
“I’m not desperate, if not
I won’t go to any party. The people of Osun state have an interest in Omisore,
not any party,” he said.
Omisore was deputy governor
of Osun state between 1999 and 2003, after which he served as a senator on the
platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He later contested the
governorship election in 2014 but lost to Governor Rauf Aregbesola of the All
Progressives Congress (APC).
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