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See Omisore's Conditions To Support APC, PDP In Osun Rerun Election

Posted: 24 Sep 2018 04:33 PM PDT

Omisore, Saraki and Omisore's wife

Senator Iyiola Omisore, the Governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Osun State, has said that he will only pledge his support for the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ademola Adeleke, in the Thursday's rerun of the poll if the party satisfies his conditions.

Upon the collation of all the results from the 30 council areas of the state, Adeleke of the PDP had 254,698 while the candidate of APC, Gboyega Oyetola, polled 254,345.

INEC had declared the election inconclusive even as the difference between the two leading parties, the PDP and the All Progressives Congress, was lower than the number of the votes cancelled.

According to the DAILY POST, Senator Omisore, while speaking during the visit of the PDP presidential candidate, and Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, to his home in Ile-Ife on Monday, Omisore, said he has given both APC and PDP his conditions to support any party.

Omisore said that as a stakeholder in the state, he was always after a people-centred government.

He said, "I have given my programmes to both the APC and the PDP. My programme is like this; payment of salaries and pensions. Good governance is what is important to me.

"Anyone among the two that will do that will get my support. I am passionate about Osun State and my interest is the welfare of the people of this state.

"I have told those sent to me. At the appropriate time, we will tell you where we are going."

Meanwhile, Saraki after his meeting with Omisore disclosed that he (Omisore) had agreed in principle to support the PDP in the rerun of the election on Thursday.

The Re-run Election would take place in seven polling units located in Orolu, Osogbo, Ife North and Ife South council areas on Thursday.

Related Topics: #Omisore #Saraki #OsunReRun #OsunElection

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Breaking: PDP In Court Over Osun Guber Election

Posted: 24 Sep 2018 12:57 PM PDT

PDP

A report at our disposal has it that the major opposition party, the People's Democratic Party (PDP), has said it's going to court to challenge the inconclusive verdict passed on last Saturday's governorship election in Osun State.

Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared the Osun Governorship election inconclusive, following the cancellation of election in some local government areas.

According to the Nation newspaper, the spokesman of the party, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan in a statement on Monday, said the party insisted that the election was concluded and results announced in all polling and the collation centres.

The statement said, "Our electoral law is clear that once an election result is declared, INEC is bound to return a winner. INEC, in trying to play the card of the defeated All Progressives Congress (APC), contravened the law by refusing to announce a return, even when the declared results have thrown up a winner.

"Section 69 of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) states that inter-alia "in an election to the office of the President or governor whether or not contested and in any contested election to any other elective office, the result shall be ascertained by counting the votes cast for each candidate and subject to the provisions of sections 133, 134 and 179 of the constitution, the candidate that receives the highest number of votes shall be declared elected by the appropriate Returning Officer".

READ ALSO: Osun Decides 2018: 'You Are A Fool If You Voted APC' – Adeboye Tell Osun People

"Concurrently, Section 179 (2), (a) (b) of the constitution directly prescribes that "a candidate for an election to the office of Governor of a State shall be deemed to have been duly elected where, there being two or more candidates – (a) he has the highest number of votes cast at the election; and (b) he has not less than one-quarter of all the votes cast in each of at least two-thirds of all the local government areas in the State.

"INEC's action in declaring a concluded election as inconclusive is therefore an annulment, totally duplicitous, constitutionally illegal, ultra-vires and as such null and void".

The PDP called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the Osun State Governorship Election Returning Officer, Prof. Joseph Fuwape, for "succumbing to the pressure of the APC" and declaring a decided election as inconclusive.

"We demand that INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu immediately summon the courage to do the needful by declaring our candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke, as winner.

"It is completely ludicrous, that INEC and the APC are now attempting to divert the narrative from the substance of the election by making outlandish allegations against the PDP and lobbying Civil Society Organizations and Electoral Observers to validate their illegality.

"Moreover, even if the Osun governorship election is conducted over and over again, the PDP will still win as the people of the state have chosen the PDP and its candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke.

"Nevertheless, we insist that the September 22, 2018 election, under our laws, is conclusive and our candidate must be declared winner"


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JUST IN: Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau's House In Kano State Gutted By Fire

Posted: 24 Sep 2018 12:21 PM PDT

Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau

Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, the former governor of Kano state, is reported to have been gutted by fire. According to the report, it was gathered that the outbreak happened when a spark ignited fire at his residence at Mundubawa Avenue in Kano.

According to further media reports, the fire incident which was attributed  to electrical spark - occurred on Sunday evening.

Mallam Sule Yau Sule, the media aide to the former governor,  said the incident occurred at about 4.00pm and affected two rooms out of the whole building.

However, the media aide stated that the fire was immediately put off.

It was also disclosed that the house was built for Shekarau by the Kano state government immediately he left office in 2011 as part of retirement package.

Related Topics: #Shekerau #KanoState 

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Kassim Afegbua Dumps APC For PDP With His Supporters In Edo

Posted: 24 Sep 2018 11:02 AM PDT

Mr. Kassim Afegbua

A former Special Adviser on Media to the immediate past Governor of Edo and APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, Mr. Kassim Afegbua, has defected with thousands of his followers to the opposition PDP.

Afegbua, who also served as Commissioner for Information in Edo, was received by the party's Chairman, Chief Dan Orbih, at Okpella, Etsako East Local Government Area of the state on Sunday.

According to the Vanguard Newspaper, the former aide to Oshiomhole said he took the "bold step" in rejoining his former party, because of infrastructural deficit in his community.

Afegbua said that though he served under the APC- led administration in the state for 8 years, he felt dissatisfied, because of the state of roads and lack of development in Okpella community.

He also lamented the absence of electricity in the community and complained of high inflation and rising costs of commodities across the local markets.

The former Aide, said the APC members were defecting to the PDP on account of poor roads and neglect of the community by the state government.

He said that the PDP was sympathetic with flood victims in the locality and blamed the state government for what he termed "slow response" to the problem.

Afebgua said the PDP was aware of donation of relief materials by some Federal Government agencies and appealed against diversion of the items.

The spokesman of other defectors, Chief Ekpen Abu, pledged their readiness to work with the party to win the next election in the area and the state in general.

Related Topics: #KassimAfegbua #Oshiomhole #PDP #EdoState

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JUST IN: Senator Iyiola Omisore Agrees To Support PDP In Osun Rerun

Posted: 24 Sep 2018 11:52 AM PDT

Senator Iyiola Omisore

A media report shows that Senator Iyiola Omisore, has agreed to support PDP in the Osun, Re-run election.


This was contained in a Twitter post shared by Prince Adelaja @AdelajaAdeoye via his Twitter handle:



Related Topics: #Omisore #Saraki #PDP

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Osun Decides 2018: ‘You Are A Fool If You Voted APC’ – Adeboye Tell Osun People

Posted: 24 Sep 2018 12:56 PM PDT

Mr. Leke Adeboye

The Senior Personal Assistant to the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, Mr. Leke Adeboye, who is the last son of the Man of God, has reacted to the outcome of the Osun State governorship election.

According to INEC results released on the Osun Governorship election, Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, led the race with 254,698 votes, 353 votes more than that of Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

However, the margin was less than the 3,498 votes in the polling units where voting were cancelled.

Professor Joseph Afuape, the Returning Officer for the election, consequently declared the poll inconclusive and ordered for a rerun within seven days.

Mr. Leke Adeboye in reacting, said via his Instagram page described Osun electorate who voted for the APC as 'fools.

Leke said, "If you are in Osun and you voted for APC to be honest and this is being neutral o, YOU are a FOOL.

"The government of APC didn't pay salaries for over 2 or 3 years. Apart from the train, what did you gain from the last 3 years? And please don't tell me they built roads, that's a standard."

Related Topics: #INEC #LekeAdeboye #PDP #Adeleke

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