The political party of the former governor of Ogun state, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, Social Democratic Party, SDP could not meet up with its promises that it will defeat the incumbent during the just concluded elections.
Findings revealed that the political party did not win any seat during the governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state.
The former governor, who was instrumental in Governor Ibikunle Amosun winning in 2011, left the All Progressives Congress in 2014 after the duo fell out politically.
Osoba departed the party with the three serving senators in the state and seven of the nine federal lawmakers. After several meetings and deliberations, the defectors formed the SDP.
The party became an household name in Abeokuta and gradually across the state and other parts of Nigeria.
in Ogun, rigorous campaign and sensitisation were conducted round the 236 wards and the 20 local government areas. The party did not field a presidential candidate because it endorsed the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate and incumbent president of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.
Though some of the leaders of the party denied this as they stated that there was no time they agreed on such decision.
But the party fielded candidates for both the Senate and the Federal House of Representatives but none of its candidate won a seat.
At the just concluded governorship and House of Assembly elections last Saturday,the party contested for the governorship seat with the Senator representing Ogun West Senatorial District, Akin Kamar Babalola Odunsi as its flag bearer.
Few days to the governorship election, it was rumoured that the party was planning to merge with the PDP to wrestle power from incumbent, Senator Ibikunle Amosun.
The party however denied it at a press briefing stating categorically that any such allusion was mischievous and untrue. The party contested and lost the governorship election to Amosun of APC.
Its senatorial candidates Adegbenga Kaka (Ogun East), Gbenga Obadara (Ogun Central) and Biyi Otegbeye (Ogun West) all lost as well including all nine House of Representative candidates.
Announcing the result of the governorship election, State Returning Collating Officer,Prof. Duro Oni,Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, UNILAG disclosed that the party polled a total vote of 25, 826 votes to finish third in the governorship election.
The party came behind the All Progressives Congress, APC,the eventual winner and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
All its 26 House of Assembly candidates were defeated, causing the party to lose all elections from the federal to the State House of Assembly.
The question on the lips of many political analysts now is what next for Chief Olusegun Osoba?

He should try and reconcile with SIA or else he will be consigned to oblivion politically.

wen Osoba left...i feared for Amosun But now I know that d people loved him.

Was there anything on ground for him before?

It was amosun dt redeemed his damaged image before, and he destroyed it again. He is finished!

Struggle continues... GEJ my HERO! FAYOSE my ROLE MODEL!!

He should go and rest because he is politically dead !!!

temitemi1:
Struggle continues... GEJ my HERO! FAYOSE my ROLE MODEL!!

i dey enjoy you too much my guy.. Nothing bad in dying for what you believe in whether right or wrong...!!!!!

It is the naive and active politicians who followed the bitter old man Osoba that I pity. We warned them that they should reject Osoba because the people love Amosun but they would not listen. Now Amosun has 'wasted' them all while Osoba who never had much to lose, because he was not in any public office, can begin trying to scheme his way back into Tinubu and Amosun's good books.

Gbawe:
It is the naive and active politicians who followed the bitter old man Osoba that I pity. We warned them that they should reject Osoba because the people love Amosun but they would not listen. Now Amosun has 'wasted' them all while Osoba who never had much to lose, because he was not in any public office, can begin trying to scheme his way back into Tinubu and Amosun's good books.

DEAR My Oga please can I PM you?

In life,there must be leaders and followers, the followers are neither sheeps nor subservient serfs but for there to be order there must be a rallying force.

Even in the animal kingdom, there must be a leader in the pack. Osoba's political downfall was precipitated by his insistence on taking over the party structure of Ogun state from SIA and refusal to recognise the natural leadership position of Jagaban.

He wouldn't be in his present predicament if he had just been able to get over his amnesia and put into cognisance the fact that the ONLY reason we have APC is cos Tinubu was the only SW Guv left after the 2003 OBJ tsunami of AD states.

Tinubu built the party,got more states and brought about the colossus that is APC of today, Osoba's case is a lesson about respecting the fact that "All animals are not equal"; he destroyed himself,his followers and political dynasty in one fell swoop.

I only pity people he made to defect from APC to SDP and ruined their golden chance including his son and my formal boss Hön Elizabeth Anifowose. Its not too late for him to return to APC or remain silent till 2019.

gabriel212:

DEAR My Oga please can I PM you?

Hope you are not about to ask Gbawe for security on nairaland, like one of my brother did.

gabriel212:

DEAR My Oga please can I PM you?

Sure. No problem.

Tvegas:


Hope you are not about to ask Gbawe for security on nairaland, like one of my brother did.

haa baba I don past that level.I told the guy then DT he fall hand
some time money can ruin once integrity wen trying to be smart infact during the run up to the election some guys beg me in office to low my support for GMB.
but, GMB dont know me

My ROLE MODEL was totally saved by the good citizens of ekiti on saturday

jfking2005:


i dey enjoy you too much my guy.. Nothing bad in dying for what you believe in whether right or wrong...!!!!!

kton:
The political party of the former governor of Ogun state, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, Social Democratic Party, SDP could not meet up with its promises that it will defeat the incumbent during the just concluded elections.
Findings revealed that the political party did not win any seat during the governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state.
The former governor, who was instrumental in Governor Ibikunle Amosun winning in 2011, left the All Progressives Congress in 2014 after the duo fell out politically.
Osoba departed the party with the three serving senators in the state and seven of the nine federal lawmakers. After several meetings and deliberations, the defectors formed the SDP.
The party became an household name in Abeokuta and gradually across the state and other parts of Nigeria.
in Ogun, rigorous campaign and sensitisation were conducted round the 236 wards and the 20 local government areas. The party did not field a presidential candidate because it endorsed the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate and incumbent president of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.
Though some of the leaders of the party denied this as they stated that there was no time they agreed on such decision.
But the party fielded candidates for both the Senate and the Federal House of Representatives but none of its candidate won a seat.
At the just concluded governorship and House of Assembly elections last Saturday,the party contested for the governorship seat with the Senator representing Ogun West Senatorial District, Akin Kamar Babalola Odunsi as its flag bearer.
Few days to the governorship election, it was rumoured that the party was planning to merge with the PDP to wrestle power from incumbent, Senator Ibikunle Amosun.
The party however denied it at a press briefing stating categorically that any such allusion was mischievous and untrue. The party contested and lost the governorship election to Amosun of APC.
Its senatorial candidates Adegbenga Kaka (Ogun East), Gbenga Obadara (Ogun Central) and Biyi Otegbeye (Ogun West) all lost as well including all nine House of Representative candidates.
Announcing the result of the governorship election, State Returning Collating Officer,Prof. Duro Oni,Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, UNILAG disclosed that the party polled a total vote of 25, 826 votes to finish third in the governorship election.
The party came behind the All Progressives Congress, APC,the eventual winner and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
All its 26 House of Assembly candidates were defeated, causing the party to lose all elections from the federal to the State House of Assembly.
The question on the lips of many political analysts now is what next for Chief Olusegun Osoba?

I don't know why some silly polticians have problem with caculations. We are in the era of buhari. Buhari's factor is all over the south west that even Obasanjo has to join campaign. I don't know where he got SDP from. We talking Change his talking SDP good for sen kaka

The only person i pitied is his son, olumide osoba, such a young man in the HOR, now his father has dented his political carrer, it is not everybody that has the charisma to lead a newly formed opposition party to victory in Nigeria unless you ara a Tinubu, even though buhari has the popularity to fold the north into his arm, but he lacks the tactic, so you need to be street smart like a tinubu, aregbe and a fayose to win even with when u are popular

Oshopo ibo(vote). Lol...

Relegation!

Osoba just showed to the whole Ogun people how unpopular he is. Kaka and the rest that followed him to be destroyed politicaly,sorry is their names.