As the governorship election in Osun State draws closer, contenders in the race, are not taking things for granted, as they are falling on one another to despatch prayer warriors to the holy land of Saudi Arabia for spiritual help aimed at winning the election.
Daily Sunchecks revealed that the reason for the rush to engage molars in the spiritual exercise was the belief that prayers are answered faster in the Islamic month of Ramadan when Muslims all over the world engage in fasting.
Besides, our correspondents learnt that, since there would not be another Rama­dan before the Osun poll as well as the 2015 general elections, aspirants for 2015 are also involved in the deployment of spiritualists in Saudi Arabia to prepare the ground against any eventuality.
Daily Suninvestigation also revealed that, while some chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), are afraid of the repeat of the Ekiti election where an opposition candidate floored an incumbent governor, those in the opposi­tion are also optimistic that the Fayose luck in Ekiti could be their lots too in the coming Osun poll.
Daily Suncan further report that one of the contenders had put together teams of clerics from within and beyond Nigeria that will divide the month of Ramadan into three whereby each team will be at Ka’bah in Saudi Arabia for ten days for the spiritual assignment.
In the race, only four contenders have visible records of political seriousness out of which two are in the forefront. The four frontliners are former secretary to the Government of Osun State, Alhaji Fatai Akinbade of the Labour Party and the former deputy speaker of the state House of Assembly, three-time com­missioner and immediate past attorney general and commissioner for justice in the state, Mr. Niyi Owolade of the Ac­cord Party.
The other two are former deputy governor, Senator Iyiola Omisore of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the sitting governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbe­sola of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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