From left: Governors Abiola Ajumobi of Oyo State and Mohammed Badaru of Jigawa; Governor-elect for Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi; APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole; the SDP candidate in last Saturday’s Governorship Election in Osun, Iyiola Omisore; Governors Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State; Governor Amosun, Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Yusuf Lasun; and Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, after a meeting between Omisore and an APC team led by Oshiomhole, in Osogbo on Wednesday,
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The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has pledged the support of his party for the All Progressives Congress in tomorrow’s rerun election in Osun State.
Omisore who addressed journalists at his residence in Ile Ife, said: “We have accepted to support the APC for victory in the rerun election tomorrow and we hope form a coalition government in the near future.”
Omisore had earlier met a powerful delegation of the APC, led by the national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, four governors- Badaru, Ganduje, Amosun and Ajimobi and Ekiti-governor elect, Kayode Fayemi and the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
Saturday’s election was declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) which ordered the supplementary election in seven polling units in four local governments – Osogbo, Orolu, Ife North and Ife South.
There are 3,498 registered voters in the polling units where the elections were cancelled due to various reasons, including hijacking of election materials, abduction of presiding officer, disruption of election by hoodlums who were shooting sporadically, manual accreditation and over voting.
The supplementary election is a straight fight between Oyetola and Adeleke.
Adeleke has a 353 votes advantage in the election in which Omisore finished third.
Omisore also hosted an APC delegation of Ekiti State Governor-elect Dr Kayode Fayemi and Dr Olu Agunloye at his home in Ile-Ife.
On Monday, he received Senate President Bokola Saraki, who came to lobby him to support the PDP.
After his meeting with the APC team, Omisore twitted under a photograph of himself with Fayemi and Agunloye: “With @OfficialAPCNg Ekiti state governor elect @kfayemi during his visit today. #goodgovernanceinosunstate #OsunDecides2018.”
Omisore’s dad is the traditional ruler of Olode in Ife South where the election will hold in unit 07, 012 Adereti village with 812 registered voters.
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