Our Reporter

THE timetable issued by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of the 2023 general elections has thrown Governor Adegboyega Oyetola’s camp of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State of Osun into confusion, findings have revealed.

Investigations by OSUN DEFENDER revealed that the Governor’s camp, known as IleriOluwa, is not comfortable with the deadline set by INEC for the submission of name of candidates for the National Assembly and State Assembly elections.

INEC had in February this year adjusted timetable for the 2023 general election, following the signing of the amended Electoral Act by President Muhammadu Buhari.

According to the timetable, political parties and candidates contesting for Presidential and National Assembly elections are to submit their nomination forms to INEC via its online portal between “9.00am on Friday 10th June 2022 to 6.00pm on Friday 17th June 2022”.

All parties and candidates contesting for governorship and State Assembly elections are also expected to submit their nomination forms via same process between “9.00am on Friday 1st July 2022 to 6.00pm on Friday 15th July 2022.”

The governorship election in the State of Osun will hold on July 16, 2022.

According to sources in the Government House, the timetable has unsettled the Oyetola’s camp, as its leadership considered it a threat to the victory of the governor at the poll.

OSUN DEFENDER gathered that top echelon of the Oyetola’s camp who are cutting shut in the party, had concluded plan not to return some members of the National and State Assemblies on the ground that they are loyal to the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.

The Oyetola’s camp had assumed that primary elections for the national and state assemblies candidates would be held after the July 16 governorship election, believing that it would be an opportunity to ‘wield the big stick on recalcitrant lawmakers’ who refused to abandon Aregbesola.

One of the sources in the Government House said: “Before the new timetable came out, the IleriOluwa leadership had concluded plan to deal with some serving lawmakers who are believed loyal to Aregbesola. They had believed that the primaries for national and state assemblies would be held after the governorship election, so that they would be free to do whatever they like after Oyetola might have won the election.

“But with the new timetable that states that all the parties and candidates for the general elections must submit their nomination forms between “July 1, 2022 to July 15, 2022, the IleriOluwa caucus are now confused, considering the expected backlash of their planned action.”

In a chat with OSUN DEFENDER yesterday, one of the field players of the IleriOluwa group confided in the medium that about eight state lawmakers had been penciled down to be denied return ticket to the assembly.

The Oyetola loyalist who prayed not to be named, also said one of the APC senators in the state will not be returned because of his refusal to severe his relationship with Aregbesola.

He, however, did not disclose the names and constituencies of the state lawmakers who the Governor’s camp plan to denied return tickets.

But he said he was not sure if the IleriOluwa leadership will go ahead with the plan, going by the new timetable.

He said: “INEC seems to be frustrating the plan to deal with these lawmakers. How? Our thought was that the primaries would come after Governor Oyetola might have secured his second term by winning the July 16 election. But the primaries are coming before the governor’s election.

“The implication is that a person you denied ticket is at liberty to either work or not for the governor’s reelection. That is the reality. Even if we have one or two of people that want to work, they will not be happy and that may affect the outcome of the election. There is confusion on how to manage the national and state assemblies primaries.

“The Governor and his political strategists are trying to maintain a delicate balance. They don’t want to return some lawmakers who are loyalists of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and they are also considering the implication of denying a grassroot politician ticket few weeks to the governorship election.”

However, OSUN DEFENDER gathered that some members of Governor Oyetola’s cabinet are interested in contesting the party’s ticket for national and state assemblies in their various constituencies.

It was gathered that the Oyetola’s cabinet members with either national or state assembly ambition are influencing the Osun APC leadership to call for the postponement of the primaries till after Oyetola’s second term election.

The medium learnt that the leadership of the APC in the state had written the national secretariat of the party to approach INEC for possible postponement of the national and state assemblies primaries in the State of Osun.

According to sources, the APC leadership in a letter reportedly signed by some party executive, some lawmakers and state functionaries, told the national secretariat that conducting the primaries before July 16 governorship election will negatively affect the chance of the APC at the poll.

The APC leadership asked the national secretariat to request for a grace to conduct the national and state assemblies primaries two weeks after the Osun governorship election.

http://www.osundefender.com/inec-timetable-for-general-elections-worries-oyetolas-camp/

PDP is taking Osun, whether you conduct primaires or not is irrelevant. No amount of remote will help this time around.

There's nothing that make sense in dis post.....oyetola will make sure those loyal to aregbe won't get anything.....u ppl just bring all sort of imagination to dis forum

Weda na true or not. Pdp is taking over osun. The remote control of last time will diff not work this time.

Yooruba1914:
Weda na true or not.
Pdp is taking over osun.
The remote control of last time will diff not work this time.

signed Amended electoral acts is doing wonders for the politicians

Trash.

Hmmm

Useless politicians

Nay sayers

Osun is PDP
OSUN is Adeleke

Politricksters! You plan to deny a person a return ticket, yet want the person to work for your own return ticket first before striking. Isn't this witchcraft?

Nigeria politics is about individual interest.

That's unnecessary fear. PDP will also face same challenge.

9jahotblog:
signed Amended electoral acts is doing wonders for the politicians

It is just a coincidence. Such issue won't arise in Ekiti state that is having its election one month earlier than Osun

9jahotblog:
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http://www.osundefender.com/inec-timetable-for-general-elections-worries-oyetolas-camp/

. The coming election will be more interesting in Osun.I forsee possible closeness in the election results between APC and PDP in Osun West and Central with APC leading with any margin .The election will however be won convincingly for APC at the Osun East by Omisore Iyiola .

ejimatic:
. The coming election will be more interesting in Osun.I forsee possible closeness in the election results between APC and PDP in Osun West and Central with APC leading with any margin .The election will however be won convincingly for APC at the Osun East by Omisore Iyiola .

mumu name no dey tire you ..shiooor..

OsunDefender still dey exist?

Gbawe used this media push plenty propaganda.

ejimatic:
. The coming election will be more interesting in Osun.I forsee possible closeness in the election results between APC and PDP in Osun West and Central with APC leading with any margin .The election will however be won convincingly for APC at the Osun East by Omisore Iyiola .

we are winning Osun State for Oyetola from Iyiola Omisore camp

Ni ipinle eyan iyi ni WA oo

Yooruba1914:
Weda na true or not.
Pdp is taking over osun.
The remote control of last time will diff not work this time.

There is no good candidate in PDP.Adeleke who cannot present common ordinary waec,dancing senator.Let PDP get good candidate first

Oyetola will not win

Ask me why

TOP is against his mandate
Aregbe Sola won’t like him to win
He pally with Omisore who is regarded as the killer
PDP has humbled themselves
APC is killing innocent people with Hunger

Really from Aregbesola camp, Top caucus of Apc are hitting their missiles from afar. Aregbesola camp are more prepared for the upcoming Apc primary election next month.

Useless Osun defender owned by a loser Aregbesola. Keep masturbating on your loss lolz

ejimatic:
. The coming election will be more interesting in Osun.I forsee possible closeness in the election results between APC and PDP in Osun West and Central with APC leading with any margin .The election will however be won convincingly for APC at the Osun East by Omisore Iyiola .

You people and this your Omisore in Osun East, you think Osun East is only made up of the local government abi? For your Information, Osun East especially the Ijesha side is PDP stronghold. The senator from that zone is PDP from the Ijesha side.

Validated:
PDP is taking Osun, whether you conduct primaires or not is irrelevant. No amount of remote will help this time around.

Dream

All Aregbesola loyalists should be publicly whipped an thrown out of the party.

Bash92:

You people and this your Omisore in Osun East, you think Osun East is only made up of the local government abi? For your Information, Osun East especially the Ijesha side is PDP stronghold. The senator from that zone is PDP from the Ijesha side.

you are very right. Even the current rep representing Ife federal Constituency (Ife central, Ife south, Ife east and Ife north) are of Pdp.. Ife federal Constituency constituency is where Omisore hails from.

Bash92:

You people and this your Omisore in Osun East, you think Osun East is only made up of the local government abi? For your Information, Osun East especially the Ijesha side is PDP stronghold. The senator from that zone is PDP from the Ijesha side.

. Ilesa was following PDP because of the stupidity and strong headedness of Aregbesola. Now the Ijesas are not following Aregbesola and their son is the speaker of the house....If you check the results of the last guber election when Omisore was in SDP you will know that Osun East is in the hand of APC now!

9jahotblog:
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http://www.osundefender.com/inec-timetable-for-general-elections-worries-oyetolas-camp/

. Below are Guber results in 2018.Then Omisore was in SDP .Now Osun Speaker is from Ilesa .Omisore is in APC. Osun workers are not on half salary again. The man Aregbesola hated by Osun people is in a political extinction.Do you think it will be an easy ride for the PDP? My answer is NO! The result will favour APC.