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Omisore: The “Atiku Osun” Who Lost 19 of 22 Polling Units in His Ward

• How personal ambition may have undermined APC in Ife

By Emmanuel Kupoluyi

The last governorship election in Osun State, where incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke was said to have won 19 local government areas while the APC won in 11, has thrown up a lot of conversations regarding the commitment and loyalty of the party machinery to progressive ideals.

Many leaders of the party in Osogbo and Ife are said to have worked against the interest of the party, believing that this is their surest path to realising their personal ambitions, shrouded under a community-based “Osogbo Agenda” or “Ife Agenda.”

They fear that allowing the APC candidate, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, popularly called AMBO, from Osun West Senatorial District, to become governor would mean conceding a total of 12 years to Osun West, having regard to the fact that Governor Adeleke, who is also from Osun West, has already spent four years in the saddles.

The proponents of the zoning arrangement believed that unless Adeleke was allowed to complete his second term, thereby giving them an opportunity to become governor in 2030, they would have to wait until 2034 to try their luck—a gamble they were not prepared to take.

One of the leaders of the APC in the state, Otunba Iyiola Omisore, is said to be the arrowhead of the anti-party activities in Ifeland, where he hails from.
The APC lost in his Ife East Local Government, his Moore Ward 1 and his St. Gabriel Primary School Polling Unit. In fact, the APC lost in 19 of the 22 polling units in Omisore’s ward.

This write-up will focus on him and return to the political quislings in Osogbo in subsequent write-ups.

Otunba Iyiola Omisore, whom many people describe pejoratively as “Atiku Osun,” in a reference to former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar's long time struggle to become Nigeria's president, has been a perennial aspirant for the governorship of Osun State. He has contested and struggled to become governor since 1995, during the military era.

Omisore does not possess the political strength he touts to have. He lost three elections in a row since 2011. The only credible election he has ever won in his entire political career was the one he contested alongside Chief Bisi Akande in 1999.

He was in Agodi Prison in 2003 over the alleged murder of Chief Bola Ige when he was declared the winner of the Osun East Senatorial District election. The election was, however, fraught with allegations of electoral malpractice.

He was also declared winner in 2007, but the election was declared null and void by the court over massive rigging and violence.

In 2011, he contested for the Senate under the PDP but was trounced by Senator Jide Omoworare. Omisore polled 51,315 votes, while Omoworare polled 119,852 votes, a margin of over 60,000 votes.

He was defeated by the APC governorship candidate in 2014 by a wide margin of 100,047 votes when he again contested under the PDP. In 2018, he came a distant third before he was brought into the APC by some "Abuja politicians" and subsequently rehabilitated by the party.

He was appointed National Secretary of the party in March 2022 but was abruptly removed in July 2023, allegedly over issues surrounding the management of the APC’s finances.

Since his removal, he has become bitter with anything APC, President Bola Tinubu or former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, despite all the efforts by Oyetola to tolerate and accommodate him.

Notwithstanding his combative posture towards Oyetola, there have been claims that Oyetola gave him a lucrative contract at the Nigerian Ports Authority, allegedly serving as a financial buffer for him.

Against the advice of national and state leaders of the party, who reportedly felt that security reports concerning his academic and political history did not favour him, he went ahead to contest the last APC governorship primary but was subsequently disqualified.

A petition sent to the APC Elders Forum seeking Omisore’s disqualification, signed by Alex Eluwole from Ife Central and four other persons, may have been the last straw that broke the camel’s back.

In the petition, the group wanted Agba Osun to investigate the truthfulness of grave allegations made against Omisore in Chief Bisi Akande’s book, "My Participations."

In the book, Chief Akande wrote, among other things:
“…when four Peugeot 504 cars were being given to every governor-elect by the military authority as take-off transport needs to the governor before inauguration, Iyiola Omisore was said to have used my name without my authority to collect the four cars from the then Osun State Secretary to the Government, Elder Femi Adelowokan. He sent one to me and appropriated three to himself. I then requested for the other three cars. After a while, he claimed one was snatched by robbers on the way to Cotonou in Benin Republic and that another had a serious accident. So, he never brought the remaining three cars.”

The petitioners said this excerpt raised serious issues requiring verification by the party’s highest moral and disciplinary organ.

They also said Chief Akande alleged in his book that there were controversies surrounding the authenticity of Iyiola Omisore’s academic certificates.

Quoting the book, they said:
“In 1998, I called Iyiola Omisore and his friend, Kunle Alao alias ‘Lele’, to my cousin’s pharmacy store named Adetola Chemists at Igbona area of Osogbo. I made it clear to Iyiola that the general perception of the party leadership was that he was a suspected advanced fee fraudster and a certificate forger. I made references to some of the cases against him in courts, including that of Col. Laoye from Ede.

“I said, however, that no one had told me if he had ever been convicted of any crime. I declared to him that I was prepared to let him be part of the AD governorship ticket but warned him to ensure that he completed the necessary forms with honesty and sincerity. I begged him to include and attach only his genuine educational qualifications and certificates. ‘If it is only Primary Six certificate you have, that is the one you should use,’ I told him.

‘Please, don’t use any certificate that is forged,’ I pleaded.

“He said his certificates were burnt during the Ife-Modakeke crisis.”

The petitioners also wanted the Elders Forum to investigate allegations made by Hon. Rotimi Makinde, a former APC member of the House of Representatives in 2011.

Hon. Rotimi Makinde was said to have publicly alleged in a media interview that Otunba Iyiola Omisore was responsible for the deaths of two of his cousins in Ile-Ife.

According to Makinde:
“I gave the identities of these assassins to the police, including the description of the two vehicles they cruise about town in, which belong to Omisore. Still, no arrest was made. When my residence was attacked two days later, the assassins came from the same place where they held the earlier meeting.”

So, the disqualification of Omisore was desirable to preserve the sacredness of the party's ticket. If he had been handed the ticket, it would have posed legal encumbrances to the party.

There were also allegations before the primaries that he and his key lieutenants were in talks with Governor Adeleke on how to undermine the APC before they would later move to the Accord Party.

That was what eventually happened. His known men moved to the Accord Party.

It was learnt that the APC governorship candidate, AMBO, made several overtures to him, but he declined, allegedly claiming that AMBO was too small to interface with him.

Some national leaders of the party were drafted to appease him and persuade him to work for the party. He reportedly assured them of his commitment to the emergence of the party’s candidate, a development that led the party to mobilise him with logistics funds for the election. But he reportedly directed his supporters to vote for Adeleke.

The recent results from his wards, where APC lost 19 units out of 22 units, are a clear attestation to the allegation that Omisore did not work for the party in the election:

Unit 1: Accord — 261, APC — 92
Unit 2: Accord — 207, APC — 75
Unit 3: Accord — 131, APC — 85
Unit 4: Accord — 166, APC — 94
Unit 5: Accord — 135, APC — 129
Unit 6: Accord — 221, APC — 122
Unit 7: Accord — 60, APC — 29
Unit 8: Accord — 21, APC — 24
Unit 9: Accord — 185, APC — 101
Unit 10: Accord — 297, APC — 90
Unit 11: Accord — 254, APC — 144
Unit 12: Accord — 190, APC — 85
Unit 13: Accord — 123, APC — 70
Unit 14: Accord — 218, APC — 68
Unit 15: Accord — 137, APC — 54
Unit 16: Accord — 166, APC — 90
Unit 17: Accord — 213, APC — 120
Unit 18: Accord — 249, APC — 92
Unit 19: Accord — 188, APC — 108
Unit 20: Accord — 153, APC — 134
Unit 21: Accord — 34, APC — 49
Unit 22: Accord — 37, APC — 47.

Do I need to say more?

When people say a single politician can swing elections I laugh. The fact remains that in a free and fair elections, the power is in the hand of the electorate. The incumbent can only have advantage if he performed excellently and will just be an easy ride for him. Omisore has only one vote, how many people can he talk to in Ife to cast their vote for a particular candidate. Is it the students you want to cajole or the elites. Adeleke's performance is what actually determined that election and there's nothing Omisore can do about it, infact he never worked for Accord.

As if u didnt know e never supported apc , he is still pained for his disqualification

Truths9ja:
Omisore: The “Atiku Osun” Who Lost 19 of 22 Polling Units in His Ward

• How personal ambition may have undermined APC in Ife

By Emmanuel Kupoluyi

The last governorship election in Osun State, where incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke was said to have won 19 local government areas while the APC won in 11, has thrown up a lot of conversations regarding the commitment and loyalty of the party machinery to progressive ideals.

Many leaders of the party in Osogbo and Ife are said to have worked against the interest of the party, believing that this is their surest path to realising their personal ambitions, shrouded under a community-based “Osogbo Agenda” or “Ife Agenda.”

They fear that allowing the APC candidate, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, popularly called AMBO, from Osun West Senatorial District, to become governor would mean conceding a total of 12 years to Osun West, having regard to the fact that Governor Adeleke, who is also from Osun West, has already spent four years in the saddles.

The proponents of the zoning arrangement believed that unless Adeleke was allowed to complete his second term, thereby giving them an opportunity to become governor in 2030, they would have to wait until 2034 to try their luck—a gamble they were not prepared to take.

One of the leaders of the APC in the state, Otunba Iyiola Omisore, is said to be the arrowhead of the anti-party activities in Ifeland, where he hails from.
The APC lost in his Ife East Local Government, his Moore Ward 1 and his St. Gabriel Primary School Polling Unit. In fact, the APC lost in 19 of the 22 polling units in Omisore’s ward.

This write-up will focus on him and return to the political quislings in Osogbo in subsequent write-ups.

Otunba Iyiola Omisore, whom many people describe pejoratively as “Atiku Osun,” in a reference to former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar's long time struggle to become Nigeria's president, has been a perennial aspirant for the governorship of Osun State. He has contested and struggled to become governor since 1995, during the military era.

Omisore does not possess the political strength he touts to have. He lost three elections in a row since 2011. The only credible election he has ever won in his entire political career was the one he contested alongside Chief Bisi Akande in 1999.

He was in Agodi Prison in 2003 over the alleged murder of Chief Bola Ige when he was declared the winner of the Osun East Senatorial District election. The election was, however, fraught with allegations of electoral malpractice.

He was also declared winner in 2007, but the election was declared null and void by the court over massive rigging and violence.

In 2011, he contested for the Senate under the PDP but was trounced by Senator Jide Omoworare. Omisore polled 51,315 votes, while Omoworare polled 119,852 votes, a margin of over 60,000 votes.

He was defeated by the APC governorship candidate in 2014 by a wide margin of 100,047 votes when he again contested under the PDP. In 2018, he came a distant third before he was brought into the APC by some "Abuja politicians" and subsequently rehabilitated by the party.

He was appointed National Secretary of the party in March 2022 but was abruptly removed in July 2023, allegedly over issues surrounding the management of the APC’s finances.

Since his removal, he has become bitter with anything APC, President Bola Tinubu or former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, despite all the efforts by Oyetola to tolerate and accommodate him.

Notwithstanding his combative posture towards Oyetola, there have been claims that Oyetola gave him a lucrative contract at the Nigerian Ports Authority, allegedly serving as a financial buffer for him.

Against the advice of national and state leaders of the party, who reportedly felt that security reports concerning his academic and political history did not favour him, he went ahead to contest the last APC governorship primary but was subsequently disqualified.

A petition sent to the APC Elders Forum seeking Omisore’s disqualification, signed by Alex Eluwole from Ife Central and four other persons, may have been the last straw that broke the camel’s back.

In the petition, the group wanted Agba Osun to investigate the truthfulness of grave allegations made against Omisore in Chief Bisi Akande’s book, "My Participations."

In the book, Chief Akande wrote, among other things:
“…when four Peugeot 504 cars were being given to every governor-elect by the military authority as take-off transport needs to the governor before inauguration, Iyiola Omisore was said to have used my name without my authority to collect the four cars from the then Osun State Secretary to the Government, Elder Femi Adelowokan. He sent one to me and appropriated three to himself. I then requested for the other three cars. After a while, he claimed one was snatched by robbers on the way to Cotonou in Benin Republic and that another had a serious accident. So, he never brought the remaining three cars.”

The petitioners said this excerpt raised serious issues requiring verification by the party’s highest moral and disciplinary organ.

They also said Chief Akande alleged in his book that there were controversies surrounding the authenticity of Iyiola Omisore’s academic certificates.

Quoting the book, they said:
“In 1998, I called Iyiola Omisore and his friend, Kunle Alao alias ‘Lele’, to my cousin’s pharmacy store named Adetola Chemists at Igbona area of Osogbo. I made it clear to Iyiola that the general perception of the party leadership was that he was a suspected advanced fee fraudster and a certificate forger. I made references to some of the cases against him in courts, including that of Col. Laoye from Ede.

“I said, however, that no one had told me if he had ever been convicted of any crime. I declared to him that I was prepared to let him be part of the AD governorship ticket but warned him to ensure that he completed the necessary forms with honesty and sincerity. I begged him to include and attach only his genuine educational qualifications and certificates. ‘If it is only Primary Six certificate you have, that is the one you should use,’ I told him.

‘Please, don’t use any certificate that is forged,’ I pleaded.

“He said his certificates were burnt during the Ife-Modakeke crisis.”

The petitioners also wanted the Elders Forum to investigate allegations made by Hon. Rotimi Makinde, a former APC member of the House of Representatives in 2011.

Hon. Rotimi Makinde was said to have publicly alleged in a media interview that Otunba Iyiola Omisore was responsible for the deaths of two of his cousins in Ile-Ife.

According to Makinde:
“I gave the identities of these assassins to the police, including the description of the two vehicles they cruise about town in, which belong to Omisore. Still, no arrest was made. When my residence was attacked two days later, the assassins came from the same place where they held the earlier meeting.”

So, the disqualification of Omisore was desirable to preserve the sacredness of the party's ticket. If he had been handed the ticket, it would have posed legal encumbrances to the party.

There were also allegations before the primaries that he and his key lieutenants were in talks with Governor Adeleke on how to undermine the APC before they would later move to the Accord Party.

That was what eventually happened. His known men moved to the Accord Party.

It was learnt that the APC governorship candidate, AMBO, made several overtures to him, but he declined, allegedly claiming that AMBO was too small to interface with him.

Some national leaders of the party were drafted to appease him and persuade him to work for the party. He reportedly assured them of his commitment to the emergence of the party’s candidate, a development that led the party to mobilise him with logistics funds for the election. But he reportedly directed his supporters to vote for Adeleke.

The recent results from his wards, where APC lost 19 units out of 22 units, are a clear attestation to the allegation that Omisore did not work for the party in the election:

Unit 1: Accord — 261, APC — 92
Unit 2: Accord — 207, APC — 75
Unit 3: Accord — 131, APC — 85
Unit 4: Accord — 166, APC — 94
Unit 5: Accord — 135, APC — 129
Unit 6: Accord — 221, APC — 122
Unit 7: Accord — 60, APC — 29
Unit 8: Accord — 21, APC — 24
Unit 9: Accord — 185, APC — 101
Unit 10: Accord — 297, APC — 90
Unit 11: Accord — 254, APC — 144
Unit 12: Accord — 190, APC — 85
Unit 13: Accord — 123, APC — 70
Unit 14: Accord — 218, APC — 68
Unit 15: Accord — 137, APC — 54
Unit 16: Accord — 166, APC — 90
Unit 17: Accord — 213, APC — 120
Unit 18: Accord — 249, APC — 92
Unit 19: Accord — 188, APC — 108
Unit 20: Accord — 153, APC — 134
Unit 21: Accord — 34, APC — 49
Unit 22: Accord — 37, APC — 47.

Do I need to say more?

Una don dey find someone to blame n scape goat for your failures...... It's essential sha

It's ironic that you call anyone the Atiku of Osun in mockery when Atiku defeated Tinubu in his ancestral home state of Osun. Tinubu only became president by running on muslim-muslim ticket and getting 5.6m Northern votes. He couldn't even deliver himself in Lagos. Omisore is the Tinubu of Osun because Tinubu has never won Osun and still won't win it in 2027, Adeleke or not.

OMISORE’S APC FUTURE: IF THERE IS ANYTHING LEFT TO GET, WILL HE HAVE TO BEG OYETOLA?

By Olalekan Oni

In Nigerian politics, yesterday's kingmakers can become tomorrow's supplicants.

Political power is fluid. Alliances that once appeared unbreakable can collapse overnight, while politicians who once occupied the same table can suddenly find themselves on opposite sides of the political divide.

That is the uncomfortable political reality confronting Senator Iyiola Omisore today.

The question that should therefore be asked is not whether Omisore remains a politician of consequence. He certainly does. The more pertinent question is: if Omisore hopes to secure any major political appointment or regain significant influence within the All Progressives Congress, can he realistically do so without rebuilding his relationship with his former political ally and leader, Gboyega Oyetola?

The evidence of the past few years suggests that this is a question Omisore cannot afford to ignore.

OYETOLA AND THE OMISORE POLITICAL COMEBACK

It is now a matter of public record that Oyetola played a significant role in Omisore's political rehabilitation within the APC.

After Omisore backed Oyetola in the 2018 Osun governorship rerun, the relationship between the two men became politically consequential. Omisore subsequently joined the APC in February 2021 and, remarkably, just thirteen months after formally joining the party, emerged as its National Secretary at the 2022 national convention.

Contemporary reports were explicit about Oyetola's role.

National Daily reported that Oyetola was “highly instrumental” to Omisore's emergence as National Secretary, while other reports described Omisore's emergence as a consensus arrangement backed by Oyetola and Bola Tinubu.

Even more revealing is a recent account published by THISDAY, which cited former Oyetola spokesman Ismail Omipidan as saying that Oyetola's intervention was decisive in Omisore's emergence as National Secretary and that Oyetola had helped preserve Omisore's political relevance after his entry into the APC. The same account acknowledged that other South-West leaders, including the late Rotimi Akeredolu and Kayode Fayemi, also played roles.

That history cannot simply be wished away.

FROM POLITICAL PARTNERS TO POLITICAL RIVALS

The irony is that the same political relationship that helped propel Omisore to the national secretariat of the APC has now deteriorated into one of the most consequential disputes within the Osun APC.

Omisore sought the APC governorship ticket for the 2026 election but was disqualified by the party's screening committee. Bola Oyebamiji, a former Oyetola commissioner, subsequently emerged as the APC candidate with Oyetola's backing.

Attempts to reconcile Oyetola and Omisore reportedly failed, with disputes over political appointments, candidate selection and the distribution of opportunities within the party featuring prominently in the disagreement.

Omisore eventually withdrew his legal challenge over his disqualification after stating that the issues had been reconciled.

But the bigger political question remains unresolved:
What is Omisore's next political destination?
This is where the political calculation becomes particularly interesting.

Since President Bola Tinubu came into office, Oyetola's appointment as Minister of Marine and Blue Economy has significantly strengthened his institutional position. Recent reporting has described him as a major political gatekeeper for federal appointments from Osun.

Indeed, an Osun APC stakeholders' forum recently accused Oyetola of having considerable influence over federal appointments and listed numerous Osun politicians occupying federal positions whom the group associated with his political camp. The group demanded a more inclusive approach to federal appointments following the APC's defeat in the August 15, 2026 governorship election.

That controversy itself demonstrates the extent to which Oyetola's influence has become a subject of political discussion within the Osun APC.
And this is precisely why Omisore's political future becomes fascinating.

If virtually every serious political actor understands that federal appointments are ultimately products of political relationships, influence, loyalty and access, can Omisore realistically expect a major federal appointment while remaining politically estranged from one of the most influential APC figures from Osun?

That is the elephant in the room.

THE HARD TRUTH FOR OMISORE

Omisore has occupied powerful positions before.
He has been a deputy governor.
He has been a senator.
He has been National Secretary of the APC.
He has also demonstrated that he possesses some fragmented political network in Osun.

But his political capital depreciates when it is not converted into contemporary influence.

The 2026 APC governorship primary exposed this vulnerability. Omisore was disqualified from the contest, while the candidate backed by Oyetola eventually secured the ticket.

Then came the August 15 governorship election.
Accord defeated APC, and even Omisore's own polling unit in Ife East went to Accord, with 131 votes against APC's 85, despite Omisore having publicly endorsed the APC candidate.

While one polling unit does not determine a politician's entire political worth; Omisore went ahead and lost his 3 out of 4 local governments within his domain.

But politics is about perception as much as numbers.
And the perception now emerging is that Omisore's political leverage within the APC especially in Ile Ife is nowhere near what it was when he occupied the National Secretary's office.

There is a delicious irony in the entire episode.
Omisore once needed Oyetola to help open the door of the APC establishment for him.

He eventually became National Secretary of the same party.
For a period, he occupied a position from which he could influence political decisions at the national level.

Today, however, the political balance has changed.

Oyetola is now a federal minister and remains one of the most prominent APC political figures from Osun. Omisore, on the other hand, is a former National Secretary who has just suffered a major setback in his attempt to secure the party's governorship ticket.

This is why the argument that “if Omisore will ever get anything in the APC again, he will have to beg Oyetola” resonates with many observers of Osun politics.

The more precise description is reconciliation, negotiation and a rebuilding of political trust.

But if Omisore wants another major federal appointment, a strategic party position or a meaningful role in the APC's future political architecture, it would be politically naive to pretend that Oyetola's influence does not matter.

And Omisore, for all his recent setbacks where he lost 3 elections back to back will have to succumb to Oyetola.

SO, WHO WILL BLINK FIRST?

That is perhaps the most intriguing question.

Will Omisore swallow his pride and return to the negotiating table with the man whose political intervention helped revive his career within the APC?
Or will he attempt to rebuild his political relevance through an alternative route?

And if Omisore truly wants to return to the centre of the APC's political architecture, the road back may well pass through the door of Gboyega Oyetola.

The only question is whether he will knock or wait for the door to open itself.

Omisore didn't works for




Either APC or ACCORD





Omisore used his number 6,he worked for Oyetola 2022,what did he get back,Nothing.

badoh:
When people say a single politician can swing elections I laugh. The fact remains that in a free and fair elections, the power is in the hand of the electorate. The incumbent can only have advantage if he performed excellently and will just be an easy ride for him. Omisore has only one vote, how many people can he talk to in Ife to cast their vote for a particular candidate. Is it the students you want to cajole or the elites. Adeleke's performance is what actually determined that election and there's nothing Omisore can do about it, infact he never worked for Accord.

Adeleke himself will learn but let him keep acting the fool so that they can give him his allocations. The person who will eventually become the puppet will be Tinubu and it's just a matter of time. If Oyetola was so loved, they wouldn't have kicked him out after his first term so for that reason, we know that Adeleke's promise to deliver Osun to Tinubu is an empty promise. Aregbesola also could not have his man there after he left.

Do me I do you, man no go vex.....


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Imagine calling someone "Atiku of osun" just because Atiku has been trying to be president of Nigeria since 2007 while he has been trying to be governor of osun over same period till date.

Na wa o. Na Atiku una Dey disrespect like this?

Toor.

omisore/ olagbaju/ bola ige led to deaths of the other 2. the wahalla brought kenyamo to limelight . ige murdered first for his intervention in osun war between deputy omisore and his governor. olagbaju, who was on governor. side was murdered in revenge

I dey suspect this OP

The post con look like handwriting of Press9jaTV, that guy wey dey work for APC and AMBO (The loser).

Omisore wey dem talk sey e lose almost all en wards, so una think sey e be mumu like you APC people Abi?
You disqualified person for no reason, after e don collect governorship form with that huge money, so you con think sey e go still dey happy to work with una

Dey play Na your name


For you information; Senator Iyiola Christopher Omisore worked for the reelection of Governor Ademola Adeleke ✌🏼💯🥰

Write-up is from a place of ignorance, bitterness, revisionism.
Omisore does not owe Oyetola anything, he was already a deputy Governor when Oyetola was getting pocket money from his Uncle Tinubu.

Omisore is free to decide his own political trajectory and can't be obligated too/held to ransom by Oyetola who was forced on Osun state by Tinubu.

Trying to force a man who fought his way to get a sit at top to submit to a product of nepotism, who had the leadership mantle dropped on his lap is turning logic on his head.

OhMeSorry should just retire from politics. He is so horrible.

Una don forget Oyinlola. Dat one na one ungrateful soul

The 'Atiku osun' is what brought me here

dododawa1:
Omisore didn't works for

Either APC or ACCORD

Omisore used his number 6,he worked for Oyetola 2022,what did he get back,Nothing.

Oyetola operates in the same wicked ways of UAE & Dump like his brother in Aso Rock.

OP you lie.
The real elephant in the room is why is it that it's always Yoruba politicians whose certificates are either burnt down, destroyed or missing.
Why always them? Why always Osun?
If I remember correctly even Adeleke had a certificate problem not too long ago.
What is really happening inside SW and Yorubaland when it comes to primary and secondary school certificates?
Awo must really be ashamed after giving free education.

The funny part is that even Biafra which was bombed day and night, yet I have not heard any Igbo politician say his certificates were lost or burnt or destroyed in the bombing, including Ojukwu himself.
So how come Ojukwu and co still had their primary and secondary school certificates intact while Adeleke, Tinubu, Omisore and fellow Osun and SW folks certificates are either missing or destroyed.
This can't be coincidence but if you think it is.
You have a right to your opinion.

To the topic, there is no saint in APC and as of today the most corrupt Nigerian politicians are APC members so let no one point fingers at Omisore.
Omisore is an known 419, land grabber and murderer for the AD/APC/Yoruba politicians so let Chief Bisi Akande keep quiet and not let Omisore hold microphone because all hell might be let lose.
If we should ask Chief Bisi Akande to account for that single Peugeot car he received from Omisore, he will start speaking in future past tense.
When you pray for rain,you got to deal with the mud too.
Why did Chief Bisi Akande not choose another running mate apart from Omisore in 1999? Since he knew since 1998 that Omisore was a 419 and certificate forger?
Chief Bisi Akande and AD/APC should please continue pushing Omisore, one day he will grant an interview and tell us who killed Bola Ige and Funsho Williams and then we will draw a straight line and ask the million dollar question - who stood to benefit the most from the death of Bola Ige and Funsho Williams?

Truths9ja:
OMISORE’S APC FUTURE: IF THERE IS ANYTHING LEFT TO GET, WILL HE HAVE TO BEG OYETOLA?

By Olalekan Oni

In Nigerian politics, yesterday's kingmakers can become tomorrow's supplicants.

Political power is fluid. Alliances that once appeared unbreakable can collapse overnight, while politicians who once occupied the same table can suddenly find themselves on opposite sides of the political divide.

That is the uncomfortable political reality confronting Senator Iyiola Omisore today.

The question that should therefore be asked is not whether Omisore remains a politician of consequence. He certainly does. The more pertinent question is: if Omisore hopes to secure any major political appointment or regain significant influence within the All Progressives Congress, can he realistically do so without rebuilding his relationship with his former political ally and leader, Gboyega Oyetola?

The evidence of the past few years suggests that this is a question Omisore cannot afford to ignore.

OYETOLA AND THE OMISORE POLITICAL COMEBACK

It is now a matter of public record that Oyetola played a significant role in Omisore's political rehabilitation within the APC.

After Omisore backed Oyetola in the 2018 Osun governorship rerun, the relationship between the two men became politically consequential. Omisore subsequently joined the APC in February 2021 and, remarkably, just thirteen months after formally joining the party, emerged as its National Secretary at the 2022 national convention.

Contemporary reports were explicit about Oyetola's role.

National Daily reported that Oyetola was “highly instrumental” to Omisore's emergence as National Secretary, while other reports described Omisore's emergence as a consensus arrangement backed by Oyetola and Bola Tinubu.

Even more revealing is a recent account published by THISDAY, which cited former Oyetola spokesman Ismail Omipidan as saying that Oyetola's intervention was decisive in Omisore's emergence as National Secretary and that Oyetola had helped preserve Omisore's political relevance after his entry into the APC. The same account acknowledged that other South-West leaders, including the late Rotimi Akeredolu and Kayode Fayemi, also played roles.

That history cannot simply be wished away.

FROM POLITICAL PARTNERS TO POLITICAL RIVALS

The irony is that the same political relationship that helped propel Omisore to the national secretariat of the APC has now deteriorated into one of the most consequential disputes within the Osun APC.

Omisore sought the APC governorship ticket for the 2026 election but was disqualified by the party's screening committee. Bola Oyebamiji, a former Oyetola commissioner, subsequently emerged as the APC candidate with Oyetola's backing.

Attempts to reconcile Oyetola and Omisore reportedly failed, with disputes over political appointments, candidate selection and the distribution of opportunities within the party featuring prominently in the disagreement.

Omisore eventually withdrew his legal challenge over his disqualification after stating that the issues had been reconciled.

But the bigger political question remains unresolved:
What is Omisore's next political destination?
This is where the political calculation becomes particularly interesting.

Since President Bola Tinubu came into office, Oyetola's appointment as Minister of Marine and Blue Economy has significantly strengthened his institutional position. Recent reporting has described him as a major political gatekeeper for federal appointments from Osun.

Indeed, an Osun APC stakeholders' forum recently accused Oyetola of having considerable influence over federal appointments and listed numerous Osun politicians occupying federal positions whom the group associated with his political camp. The group demanded a more inclusive approach to federal appointments following the APC's defeat in the August 15, 2026 governorship election.

That controversy itself demonstrates the extent to which Oyetola's influence has become a subject of political discussion within the Osun APC.
And this is precisely why Omisore's political future becomes fascinating.

If virtually every serious political actor understands that federal appointments are ultimately products of political relationships, influence, loyalty and access, can Omisore realistically expect a major federal appointment while remaining politically estranged from one of the most influential APC figures from Osun?

That is the elephant in the room.

THE HARD TRUTH FOR OMISORE

Omisore has occupied powerful positions before.
He has been a deputy governor.
He has been a senator.
He has been National Secretary of the APC.
He has also demonstrated that he possesses some fragmented political network in Osun.

But his political capital depreciates when it is not converted into contemporary influence.

The 2026 APC governorship primary exposed this vulnerability. Omisore was disqualified from the contest, while the candidate backed by Oyetola eventually secured the ticket.

Then came the August 15 governorship election.
Accord defeated APC, and even Omisore's own polling unit in Ife East went to Accord, with 131 votes against APC's 85, despite Omisore having publicly endorsed the APC candidate.

While one polling unit does not determine a politician's entire political worth; Omisore went ahead and lost his 3 out of 4 local governments within his domain.

But politics is about perception as much as numbers.
And the perception now emerging is that Omisore's political leverage within the APC especially in Ile Ife is nowhere near what it was when he occupied the National Secretary's office.

There is a delicious irony in the entire episode.
Omisore once needed Oyetola to help open the door of the APC establishment for him.

He eventually became National Secretary of the same party.
For a period, he occupied a position from which he could influence political decisions at the national level.

Today, however, the political balance has changed.

Oyetola is now a federal minister and remains one of the most prominent APC political figures from Osun. Omisore, on the other hand, is a former National Secretary who has just suffered a major setback in his attempt to secure the party's governorship ticket.

This is why the argument that “if Omisore will ever get anything in the APC again, he will have to beg Oyetola” resonates with many observers of Osun politics.

The more precise description is reconciliation, negotiation and a rebuilding of political trust.

But if Omisore wants another major federal appointment, a strategic party position or a meaningful role in the APC's future political architecture, it would be politically naive to pretend that Oyetola's influence does not matter.

And Omisore, for all his recent setbacks where he lost 3 elections back to back will have to succumb to Oyetola.

SO, WHO WILL BLINK FIRST?

That is perhaps the most intriguing question.

Will Omisore swallow his pride and return to the negotiating table with the man whose political intervention helped revive his career within the APC?
Or will he attempt to rebuild his political relevance through an alternative route?

And if Omisore truly wants to return to the centre of the APC's political architecture, the road back may well pass through the door of Gboyega Oyetola.

The only question is whether he will knock or wait for the door to open itself.

I am not a fan of Omisore but he was not fairly treated by APC.

badoh:
When people say a single politician can swing elections I laugh. The fact remains that in a free and fair elections, the power is in the hand of the electorate. The incumbent can only have advantage if he performed excellently and will just be an easy ride for him. Omisore has only one vote, how many people can he talk to in Ife to cast their vote for a particular candidate. Is it the students you want to cajole or the elites. Adeleke's performance is what actually determined that election and there's nothing Omisore can do about it, infact he never worked for Accord.

it's obvious u didn't even read the body of the write up.

U just read the headline n dropped your thrash, it will b a total waste of time arguing with someone like u

badoh:
When people say a single politician can swing elections I laugh. The fact remains that in a free and fair elections, the power is in the hand of the electorate. The incumbent can only have advantage if he performed excellently and will just be an easy ride for him. Omisore has only one vote, how many people can he talk to in Ife to cast their vote for a particular candidate. Is it the students you want to cajole or the elites. Adeleke's performance is what actually determined that election and there's nothing Omisore can do about it, infact he never worked for Accord.

my brother i do not understand these people
maybe they wanted Omisore to start writing results in their favour or forced people to vote APC.
when they call themsleves progressive, i wondered if the meaning of progressive have changed in the dictionary. these guys have never for once believed in free and fair election or the will of the people.
with the experience Osun people had in the hand of APC for 12yrs and the suffering Tinubu have brought on Nigerians, they still think people will fold their hands and watch them manipulate election results

BATified2023:
it's obvious u didn't even read the body of the write up.

U just read the headline n dropped your thrash, it will b a total waste of time arguing with someone like u

which write up did he not read?
did omisore not vote APC or you wanted him to also forced others to vote APC against their will?
when your party had the chance to govern the state for good 12yrs, what were your achievements?
what are your current achievements at federal level that will made people to even consider voting the party at state level again?
you and your evil party brought nothing but hunger, poverty, and death to Nigerians and you want omisore to help you rig so you can continue your evil, God will definitely expose you all.
2027 is next

Nonsense writeup by paid APC folks.

You claimed he did anti-party, how then do you expect his party to win in his ward? Or is that not the whole meaning of being anti-party?

This is what happens when hypocrites find it hard moving on from defeat, they blame everyone for every thing but their own hypocritical and selfish selves. You disgrace grassroots politicians by imposing foreign agents with no local weight on them and start crying when those ones leave you to your vices. Dey play.

Omisore has no backing and is irrelevant, yet you're here writing a whole thesis on him. What do we call that?

DEROX:
As if u didnt know e never supported apc , he is still pained for his disqualification

You have a strong point here,as he worked for Opposition and he should Rest now.
He and Oyinlola - who was seeing on the Videos,before the Elections, collecting A New Jeep - were never Committed, anyway, hence they claimed APC membership by mouth 👄,they should just exit the Party.
They caused the APC loss to Adeleke.

badoh:
When people say a single politician can swing elections I laugh. The fact remains that in a free and fair elections, the power is in the hand of the electorate. The incumbent can only have advantage if he performed excellently and will just be an easy ride for him. Omisore has only one vote, how many people can he talk to in Ife to cast their vote for a particular candidate. Is it the students you want to cajole or the elites. Adeleke's performance is what actually determined that election and there's nothing Omisore can do about it, infact he never worked for Accord.

You don't understand politics.

This is why journalism needs to come back and not all these black market write up...

Cubeman:
You don't understand politics.

You are still living in the past, politics have gone past when one politician decide the votes of the people

This is interesting but isn't he the one the same party kicked aside the other day?

I expect same from all APC members that defected from other parties but didn't get a return ticket in the primaries, nationwide. Sanwo-Olu sef fit run e own, low key, considering they wanted to remove him before tenure end. This is their politics! Expect the unexpected.

Is the OP referring to the same Omisore whom the APC insulted by disqualifying him from participating in the governorship primary on the flimsy excuse that he didn’t fill out his form properly...the immediate past National Secretary of the APC?

And they expected APC to win all the polling unit in his ward