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OSUN RUN-OFF: What I told PDP, APC —Omisore

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OSUN RUN-OFF: What I told PDP, APC —Omisore

Governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the Osun State governorship election, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has revealed his response to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the All Progressives Congress (APC), who have been soliciting for his support.

Following the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC’s) declaration of last Saturday’s election as inconclusive, both the PDP and the ruling APC had approached Omisore, seeking his support ahead of the run-off election on Thursday, September 27.

But in a statement on Wednesday, Omisore revealed that he had advised the two parties to approach the electorate and ask for their mandate as “I have assured them that I will not coerce them for political or social power.”

He said, “Osun State has always been a stellar example of democracy where the people have consistently and freely expressed their franchise to determine who governs them.

“This should remain so. Osun people have shown that it is not business as usual. It is a positive deviation from what was hitherto the norm. I am telling my people that they should go with any political party that believes in what we in the SDP stand for; good governance, social justice, and accountability.

“I have already detailed how we planned to restore Osun to the path of good governance through the five thematic pillars in my manifesto I shared during the electioneering. I will not negotiate for personal gains and abandon my people.

“My alliance is with the people of Osun state irrespective of the political party they belong. I want my people to be treated with the dignity they deserve. I desire that they have a government that will be accountable to them. I want them to experience the good governance the founding fathers of this state envisaged.

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“I have told the parties that have solicited for my support to approach the electorate and ask for their mandate as I have assured them that I will not coerce them for political or social power. It is because I have kept my promise that has made me enjoy their unalloyed support all these years.

“The fulcrum of my campaign was and is still the restoration of good governance and accountability to our dear state. I have consistently preached against voters coercion, I have voiced my stand against votes buying, voters intimidation, and politicisation.”

Omisore, one of the fierce contenders in the last Saturday election is believed to have good followership in some of the areas INEC declared for a re-run election. A reason both the opposition PDP and the ruling APC had approached him to seek for his support for their parties.

By Ebere Ndukwu …

 

 

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