Isiaka Gboyega Oyetola, the Chief of Staff to Governor Of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, has emerged the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the September 22 governorship election in the south-western state.

Oyetola, who is also the cousin of Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the party, emerged winner of the party’s first-ever direct primary by polling 127, 017 votes to beat Yusuff Lasun, Deputy Speaker of the House of representatives, who recorded 21, 975 votes to place a distant second.

Najeem Salam, Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, occupied third place with 17, 958 votes.

Before the start of Friday’s primary, Moshood Adeoti, Secretary to the Osun State Government, had accused the party of manipulating the exercise, saying a lot of things were done to render it a mere endorsement Oyetola.

“The primary was arranged, skewed and designed to favour Alhaji Isiaka Gboyega Otedola, the cousin of the National Leader of our party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” Adeoti’s campaign organisation said in a statement.

He alleged that there was no credible register of members with which a free, fair and transparent direct primary could be conducted, but only a “cooked-up register comprising handpicked persons loyal to the emergence of Oyetola, printed in a firm owned by Oyetola in Lagos”.

Before Friday, 12 of the 17 aspirants had criticised kicked against the directive of the APC National Working Committee (NWC) for the election to hold via direct means, which meant every card-carrying member of the party could vote. However, the 12 maintained that the party had no comprehensive register of APC members across Osun State.

A second aspirant and current senator, Babajide Omoworare, withdrew not long after, but without acrimony. Omowoware, who represents Osun East at the Senate, said he stood down in the party’s interest.

“This development is with the ultimate view of ensuring party cohesion and for All Progressives Congress to secure victory at the September 22nd governorship election in the state,” Tunde Dairo, his Director of Communications, told SaharaReporters.


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End of discussion.

We are gradually turning our political landscape into a family affair, where it will soon turn into a monarchy system of Government.

Tinubu's wife is a Senator and his Cousin will soon be a Governor in Osun State. Saraki's sister is vying to be a Senator If I recollect correctly.

A Senator Adeleke died,and another Adeleke was used to replace him. Okorocha is fighting every living thing in Imo state, so his son-inlaw can become the next Governor.

But how did we get here? James Ibori of Delta State comes into mind.

James Ibori first brought his cousin called Uduaghan into politics,by first making him the Government house Medical Doctor,and then leaving him to be his successor.

Nigeria's money,power and positions is being rotated by the same set of people.

It is well.

Looks don't lie. The Isiaka resemble uncle Thiefnumbu true true. He is a lightly less ugly version.

Let's hope against hope that he is also slightly less inclined to greed, primitive acquisition of illicit wealth, and mammoth corruption than his uncle in Bourdillon.

Tinubu's dynasty

GBOYEGA Otedola

APC is a Party of family affair, I won't be surprised to see APC give ticket to Yusuf Buhari for Kastina Governorship come 2019