CANDIDATE of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) in the August governorship
election in Osun State, Dr Iyiola Omisore,
has refuted the claim by former interim
National Chairman of the All Progressives
Congress (APC), Chief Bisis Akande, that
he borrowed from their election campaign
funds in the1999 governorship election.
Dr Omisore, in his reaction to an interview
granted by Chief Akande in our sister
publication on Saturday, stated that Chief
Akande had “merely concocted a big lie to
cover his many inadequacies.”
“I cannot imagine why an old man like
him would tell such a big lie,” Omisore
wondered, explaining that he asctually
paid for the expression of interest form
that Akande used to contest the election.
“I recall that myself and Chief Abiola
Morakinyo had paid N250,000 each for
our nomination forms before Chief Bola
Ige asked me to step down for Chief
Akande and be his deputy. I can tell you
that it was my form that Chief Akande
used to contest. He didn’t buy any form.
Not many of them could afford that
amount of money at that time,” Omisore
explained further.
According to the PDP chieftain, he was
not surprised that Chief Akande would
bite the finger that fed him.
“Judging from where he is coming from
and the political party he is in, telling
such a big lie would come naturally. But
why he should continue at his age is
what is baffling. I believe there are still
many true leaders of Alliance for
Democracy (AD) around like Chief Moji
Akinfenwa, our chairman then; and Chief
Morakinyo who would not stand truth on
its head and who will tell the story of how
some of us funded AD and election of
Chief Akande,” he said.
Also reacting to the interview, another AD
governorship aspirant in the state then,
Chief Abiola, decried the claim by Chief
Akande, saying the former ACN chairman
lied.
“Though after I was rigged out of the
primaries, I left, I can tell you that it was
only Omisore and myself that paid
N250,000 fee for the nomination form. To
my knowledge, Chief Akande did not buy
any form. Instead, he used the form
already obtained by Omisore as his own,
based on the instruction of Chief Bola Ige
who wanted Akande to be governor of the
state.
“What happened in the party afterwards, I
cannot say because I went my own way.
“On who killed Bola Ige, Professor Wole
Soyinka, at the lying-in-state for Ige, said
those who killed Ige were in the gathering
at the stadium. I recall President
Olusegun Obasanjo and other leaders
were there, but Omisore was not there as
I recall.
“Professor, as we all know, is not a
frivolous person. He does not talk without
proof. That should give you an idea of
what and who killed Ige. And I also don’t
believe that person is Omisore,” Chief
Morakinyo said.
Also, the Financial Secretary of the AD at
the time, Ayotunde Olowofoyeku, while
reacting to the development, corroborated
the claims of Dr Omisore.
“It is wrong to let these old men
consistently change or try to alter recent
history in our nation for cheap political
gains. I was an active participant in the
politics of the AD in its formative years
and was the party’s financial secretary in
Osun State.
“I know that Senator Iyiola Omisore was
the one who paid the N5 million for the
registration of the AD. We had pulled out
of the All Peoples party (APP) a few hours
earlier in Abuja and had only 24 hours
before the deadline for party registration.
It was a new party made up of mainly
Afenifere and the Yoruba, the money had
to be paid within 24 hours, otherwise, the
party would not be registered.
“Chief Akande was economical with the
truth when he said he did not know if
Chief Kofoworola Bucknor took money
from Omisore, He knows, because that
money had to be paid there and then in
Abuja before they could come back home.
“As regards the claim of spending
N50,000, Chief Akande spent no money on
the election, because he had none. Here, I
think he should be eternally grateful to
the children God gave him to nurture;
Senator Iyiola Omisore, my humble
self and many others too numerous to
mention. We gave him all we had, but all
he had for us was to disparage or try to
maim us.
“We taxed ourselves and friends to get
funds for the campaigns. I got pictures of
Chief Bola Ige and Senator Abraham
Adesanya from the Concord press and
solely designed and printed all posters
that were used for the campaigns in late
1998 local government elections and in
1999.
“Members of my church choir, RCCG,
Kingscourt, Lagos, did all the campaign
jingles that were used and air time paid
from Iyiola Omisore Organisation (IOO)’s
funds,” he said.
Olowofoyeku added that Chief Akande
also lied when he mentioned in the
interview that Senator Omisore was driven
in his (Akande’s) car.
He said; “Chief Akande didn’t use any
money to buy petrol for his car because
he didn’t have any.
“He knows that Chief Bola Ige did not
provide any car. From 1 December 1998
to September 1999, he used my car, a
metallic green Nissan Quest that was
driven by Uche, my driver, who was later
killed in an attempt to assassinate me at
Omi-Asoro in Ilesa.” tribune.com.ng/news/top-stories/item/19725-campaign-funds-bisi-akande-lied

Lie Mohammed
Lie Akande

So, is Omisore asking for a refund from Akande now OR what's this all about?...



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Why will an old man like him be telling lies. Its a shame! Hope you can all see that they are all same, APC, PDP, APGA, all Nigeria politicians are rogues. May God have mercy on us.