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The candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the inconclusive Osun governorship election, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has said that his party will form an alliance with the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the rerun election on Thursday, September 27, 2018.
Omisore took the decision after a meeting with the National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole and a delegation comprised of governors and top chieftains of the party, who visite him.
Omisore told journalists in Ile Ife on Wednesday that the decision to work with the APC was based on the condition he gave earlier for his support.
The SDP candidate had said he would only support the party that is ready to uphold SDP’s core values.
The conditions he gave include a pledge to ensure motivation of workers in the state, payment of salary arrears in the first three months in office, equity in infrastructure provision across the state, the adoption of a local content policy for all projects in the state.
He also wants traditional rulers to be made more relevant.
Omisore said on Wednesday that only the APC has accepted his conditions and that is why the SDP is going to form an alliance with the APC.