The governorship candidate of the Social
Democratic Party in Osun State , Senator Iyiola
Omisore , has said that he opted to support the
candidate of the All Progressives Congress , Alhaji
Gboyega Oyetola , in the rerun election in the
state because the leadership of the Peoples
Democratic Party in the state said they did not
need his support .

Omisore said this in Osogbo on Thursday during a
meeting with members of the SDP from across the
30 local government areas of the state .
Omisore , who defected from the PDP to the SDP
some months before the election , said that former
Vice President Atiku Abubakar wanted to come
and discuss with him before the rerun when he
came to Osogbo but he (Atiku ) was prevented
from coming by the leadership of the PDP in the
state .
A former Nigerian Ambassador to the Philippines ,
Dr Yemi Farounbi, had said this while narrating
why Omisore decided to work for the APC
candidate in the rerun supplementary poll held
on September 27 .
Farounbi said the same thing and Omisore , while
addressing the party members , said he adopted
everything the former envoy had said .
He said the party opted to support the candidate
of the party that was ready to implement the
manifestos of the SDP because the party was for
the best interest of the majority of the people.
Omisore said, “ I want to adopt all what Dr
Farounbi said. We gave them (APC and PDP ) our
manifesto . We dwelled on payment of arrears of
salaries, pensions and gratuities , on local content ,
employment for our youths and the
reorganisation of the educational system , among
others .
“ We went to negotiation with a clear mind that
Osun must be free and thank God our coalition
has produced a new future for the state .

Addition to what Dr Faroumbi said , the National
Chairman of the APC , Adams Oshiomole , said
clearly that our discussion was devoid of any
financial commitment . He said they were ready to
work . ”

Speaking earlier, Farounbi had explained that the
SDP leaders decided to support any political party
that was ready to put the people of the state first ,
saying Omisore earned his respect more because
he was selfless in arriving at who to support .
He said the issue of arrears of salaries, pensions
and gratuities which had impoverished workers
and pensioners was given priority.

The reorganisation of the education sector and local
content were also prominent on their agenda.
Farounbi said, “ Apart from these, we also said the
state must return to 6 - 3 - 3 - 4. That contracts and
services must be given to Osun indigenes ; that
infrastructural development and food security
must be given priority because our people must
not be hungry and they agreed .

“ The Senate President , Senator Bukola Saraki , was
the first to come and he came from the airport to
Ile - Ife with some senators and Dr Doyin Okupe .
We gave him our manifesto and we waited for 24
hours but no response . We heard that they were
saying that we wanted to reap where we did not
sow . We heard that they said they would win
without us and all that.

“ Also , former Ogun State Governor , Gbenga
Daniel , who is the director general of Atiku
Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation ,
called and said they were in Osogbo and they
would come to see us. But they did not come .

“ But former Vice President Atiku Abubakar called
and expressed his regret for not being able to
come . He said he wanted to come but the
leadership of the PDP in Osun State said they
should not come because they didn ’ t need us . That
we should go and do anything we liked . ”

Source: https://www.greenloaded.org/2018/10/why-i-didnt-support-senator-adeleke.html?m=1

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We already know why you opt for APC sir... I won't blame you though because you know how it will end.

Don't worry we know why. Your name is Judas Iscariot IYIOLA OMISORE, just because of money , you sold your integrity, I tell you ,in 2yrs time ,you will be politically irrelevant.A GOOD NAME IS BETTER THAN SILVER AND GOLD

Lol what abt the brown envelop and the juicy positiom they promised u

PDP or APC you must support someone and someone must feel bad.

APC didn't agree with your party because they have the interest of Osun people at heart, and you know it. Once again, you have sold out to the highest bidder

Baba keep kwayet. we all know that you supported APC because u collected money from Dasuki so that they can make u a saint. You never had the interest of Osun people at heart but God will shame you and ur selfish desires. You are a Judas and we regret ever voting for you. But thank God we av seen the kind of person u will be if given the mandate.
PDP will win at the tribunal or courts and you will cry.

Omisore Mad man

To everyone insinuating that Omisore collected money from the APC, they may not be right after all. Everything in politics isn't about money. The way and manner in which PDP treated Omisore was just too cruel, and even when opportunity came begging to form an alliance with him, they were still too proud.

Everybody needs somebody, and sometimes, we need to swallow our pride and work with even the "weakest" of men to achieve our aim.