Senator Iyiola Omisore, has said that he opted to support
the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, in the rerun election in the state because
the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state said they did not
need his support.
He said this in Osogbo on during a meeting with members of
the SDP from across the 30 local government areas of the state.
Senator Iyiola Omisore, who defected from the PDP to the SDP
some months before the election, said that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar
wanted to come and discuss with him before the rerun when he came to Osogbo but
he (Atiku) was prevented from coming by the leadership of the PDP in the state.
A former Nigerian Ambassador to the Philippines, Dr Yemi
Farounbi, had said this while narrating why Omisore decided to work for the APC
candidate in the rerun supplementary poll held on September 27.
Farounbi said the same thing and Omisore, while addressing
the party members, said he adopted everything the former envoy had said.
He said the party opted to support the candidate of the
party that was ready to implement the manifestos of the SDP because the party
was for the best interest of the majority of the people.
Omisore said, “I want to adopt all what Dr Farounbi said. We
gave them (APC and PDP) our manifesto. We dwelled on payment of arrears of
salaries, pensions and gratuities, on local content, employment for our youths
and the reorganisation of the educational system, among others.
“We went to negotiation with a clear mind that Osun must be
free and thank God our coalition has produced a new future for the state.
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