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The Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate in the forthcoming governorship election in Osun state, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has disowned a statement in circulation on the social media that he has been persuaded to support the candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Alhaji Mashood Adeoti.
Senator Omisore in a statement issued by his media team emphasized that the he is still in the September 22 governorship race.
Omisore described that the social media message, titled “PRESIDENCY ABADONED OYETOLA, WOOS OMISORE THROUGH GOVERNOR AMOSUN”, as untrue, saying that it is the “wishful thinking of those that are feeling uncomfortable with his increasing popularity”.
He said: “It is unfortunate that as the good people of Osun state are preparing and praying for a peaceful, acceptable, free and fair governorship election in the state, come September 22 this year, some enemies of the state and its people are busy feeding the people, especially the electorates with total falsehood aimed at confusing the people about my governorship ambition. I wish to state categorically that the said message in its entirety is a figment of the imagination of those circulating it.”
Senator Omisore maintained that it was indeed laughable that some people could at this period be dreaming of making him drop his governorship ambition by “resorting to series of falsehood, blackmail and all of sort by formulating tales such as fabricating that conditions for his pardon was clearly spelt out to him to give his backing to the candidate of the African Democratic Congress, AlhaJI Mashood Adeoti.”
The SDP governorship candidate stated that it was unfortunate that the sponsors of the message even claimed “that part of the resolution reached earlier this week was that Omisore should present the deputy governor of ADP and he will also be given Osun East Senatorial ticket of the party.
His statement reads further: ” I wish to state clearly that there was never a time I, Senator Iyiola Omisore, attended such an imaginary meeting, nor send any representation and there was no such meeting to my knowledge not to talk of reaching or agreeing on the purported resolution or any other on my governorship ambition.
“I am saying it loud and clear that I am still in the race. My governorship ambition is still very much alive. With God and with the support of the good people of the state, we shall rescue Osun and its people from the present untold hardships and mis-governance of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.”