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Buhari shouldn’t have been in
Nigeria Army — Omisore
on february 05, 2015 at 12:34 am in
elections 2015, politics
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*Omisore
Says he’s unfit to rule Nigeria
SENATOR Iyiola Omisore contested the
governorship election in Osun State on
August 9, 2014 and lost according to the
results declared by INEC. He has since
approached the Osun State Election
Petition Tribunal with the aim of
upturning the election result. In this
interview, Omisore expresses optimism
that the outcome of the tribunal will be in
his favour just as he boasts President
Goodluck Jonathan’will win the February
14 presidential elections among other
issues. Excerpts:
By Dapo Akinrefon
WHAT are your expectations from the
Osun State Election Petition Tribunal,
which judgement is being awaited?
I believe that with the proceedings at the
tribunal, with what we saw, the witnesses,
the evidence laid before the tribunal, the
conduct of counsels and witnesses, the
elections were not free and fair.
The All Progressives Congress, APC, also
admitted that the Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC, gave them
more votes.
Free and fair election
There were some malpractices admitted
by the APC, it shows that the election was
not free and fair but was skewed in favour
of APC.
I am not a lawyer, but I believe that if two
parties, particularly the respondents
agreed to irregularities and infractions,
supposedly blaming it on the electoral
process, then that process was not free.
That shows that the malpractices were
huge and warrant that the tribunal declare
the PDP and myself the winner of the
elections.
You raised the issue of irregularities, what
were those irregularities?
I do not want to pre-empt the tribunal.
What is your message to your supporters
in the state ahead of the ruling?
My message is for them to be patient,
hopeful and to keep perserving especially
to Osun state indigenes because for the
first time in 25 years, the people of the
state have not been paid salaries since
December.
Workders salaries are being owed for six
months to workers, teachers and judiciary
workers; Pensioners are being owed. In
the last four years, there has been no
single development in the state.
Aregbesola came with phantom contract
awards particularly road constructions
like the Sekona to Moro junction, Osogbo
to Erin Ile (Kwara boundary) and the
Osogbo inner roads which are worth
about N49 billion, which the state cannot
afford. All these projects have been
abandoned, it is unfortunate that nothing
is going on in the state.
He came to Lagos State for an airport
show but the airport project is yet to
commence. The recent scandal now is
about the Osun schools, funds meant for
the schools are being diverted. The
allocation of the state goes to private
purses.
I am sure everybody is aware that
Aregbesola maintains a helicopter to run
around. In the last budget, he spent N2
billion on hotels and entertainment while
salaries are not being paid. No good road,
no water, the health facilities are in
comatose.
The people of the state are frustrated, all
are plans but nothing is happening and
this is making the people to be restive.
They are also restive based on the coming
judgement by the tribunal. I urge them to
be law abiding citizens of the state.
Do you see the South West backing
Jonathan in the coming election?
Those who are clamouring for change are
only doing that because of their pocket.
Since Boko Haram has endorsed the APC,
I believe it is sad for a party to be
associated with terrorism and terrorist
tendencies.
We have seen that terrorism is being
fought in every part of the world. I have
also read that their activities are on the
rise because of the electioneering
campaigns. Using terrorism to campaign
is not an issue because when you use it to
campaign, it shows that you are not
patriotic.
Campaign baits
You cannot use the lives of people as
campaign baits. The APC is just desperate
and you do not entrust a government to
people who are desperadoes. I believe that
Jonathan will come out tops at the polls.
Is Chief Obasanjo’s opposition to a second
term for the president, not trouble for
your party?
There is no how the APC can win elections
for Buhari, it is not possible, if you look at
the election results, you will see that we
had more votes than the APC in all the
local governments based on the genuine
votes of the elections.
After the elections, the APC has become
worse in Osun State and with that, I do
not see Buhari scoring 25 per cent of the
votes in Osun State. In Oyo State, it is the
same thing, people are tired of the APC.
There are different parties contesting in
the election and we are hopeful that these
parties that do not have presidential
candidates will adopt President Jonathan
as their presidential candidate.
Comment on Obasanjo
It is the same thing in Ogun and Lagos
State as well. The APC is just making
noise. They are full of propaganda which
does not turn to votes.
But some members of your party are
saying that without reconciling with Chief
Obasanjo, it might affect the chances of
your party in the zone.
I do not want to comment on Baba
Obasanjo because he has only one vote to
cast on the day of the elections. He has his
reasons, he is a statesman and he is a
leader in his own right. But all the same, I
believe that Obasanjo will vote for the
PDP.
Pastor Tunde Bakare recently raised fears
that either way the presidential election
goes, violence will erupt, and has
therefore advised for a postponement of
next month’s general elections…
The timetable of the elections is with
INEC. You know Tunde Bakare is a pastor.
I do not pray for crisis in this country
because you do not benefit anything from
crisis. So I pray that nothing happens
after.
But do you think INEC is ready?
My position is that people should be
allowed to collect their Permanent Voter
Cards. The Sultan and other Nigerians
who are eligible to vote have said that
they are yet to collect their PVCs, it shows
that the commission is not ready and it is
so unfortunate.
What is your take on the alleged issues
concerning Buhari’s certificate?
Two things are clear now. First is that
Buhari perjured and that should attract
seven years imprisonment by law. He also
said that he forgot but there is nothing
like negligence in law.
He meant to deceive the people. He got a
score in Hausa in 1961 from Cambridge
but Hausa language exams did not start
until 1964.
So, Buhari has been benefiting from this
country without a certificate. He had no
business in the Nigeria Army in the first
instance.
Buhari is unfit to rule Nigeria. In an ideal
situation, Buhari ought to have withdrawn
from the race.

The governor of osun state has spoken.
We await your swearing in tomorrow after the court formalities displacing the progressives election rigger-Aregbesola.

Trailblazer1:
The governor of osun state has spoken.
We await your swearing in tomorrow after the court formalities displacing the progressives election rigger-Aregbesola.

Learnt that your people at Ife have bought countless cow and aso ebi for celebration tomorrow, you will get the shock of your life tomorrow when the tribunal uphold aregbesolas mandate. anyway, it would be the same thing as usual, you remember during the creation of OSUN state, while you were already celebrating oodua state= Ife capita and eventually turned to be OSUN state= osogbo capital! Ewu!

You shouldn't be free.

Am from ile-ife too, no one is buying any aso-ebi, he is just out to disgrace himself, osun had decided long ago, aregbe remains our governor, osun adara, I have confidence that aregbe will win 2moro.

Osun a dara. Tun omoluabi e se.

well said, the Governor of Osun state in few hours.....quote me and die

Who is Omisoro?

I don't need to read that, too much noise coming from that end of the country.

lemme read

What a thread! One could hardly differentiate between the Interviewer and the Interviewee.
No spacing, no nothing.

Haba! When it's not a Poem

Where did Iyiola Omisore crawl out from?

This murder suspect again? Omisore? Well he is entitle to his fo0lish opinion