A former governorship aspirant in Osun State, Iyiola Omisore, has dismissed speculations that he has defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC), insisting that he remains a loyal member of the party and has not directed any of his supporters to leave.
AFRESH247 recalls that supporters of former Osun State deputy governor and ex-national secretary of the APC, Iyiola Omisore, have declared support for the re-election bid of Governor Ademola Adeleke, saying the governor remains unbeatable at the polls.
Speaking at the statutory monthly meetings of the APC elders caucus “Igbimo-Agba Osun” , held at Ilobu, on Tuesday, the former National Secretary of APC described the defection rumours as products of social media speculation and misinterpretation of events, urging the public to disregard the reports.
Omisore, who spoke through the Director General of Senator Iyiola Omisore Campaign Group, Honourable Israel Famurewa said, “”I think seeing is believing. Senator Omisore is here in the meeting and that is enough to debunk the rumour that he has left the party. We all know him, if he actually wants to leave the party he will address the formal press conference so what is flying all over the social media is just a rumour…
“Nobody can say this is where Senator Iyiola sit-down with him and told him that he has left the party it’s just an insinuation that people are just carrying around. You can see him here today and we are planning together about how to win the next election. So, as far as I’m concerned Iyiola Omisore is a bonafide member of APC and member of Igbimo-Agba, Osun.”
“I happened to be the DG of his campaign group. All of us joined the party as individuals not as a group and there are individual choices some of them may decide to leave on their decision, you know, political party is a free entry and free exit so some of them may have their own personal grievances.
“Senator Omisore didn’t give any instruction if he wanted to give instructions he would pass the instructions through me to other that is the way we operate”
Meanwhile, the Chairman of APC Igbimo-Agba, Engr. Sola Akinkunmi explained that the meeting was their statutory meeting convened to strategize on the coming August 15 gubernatorial election.
He expressed optimism that the party’s candidate, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji will emerge victorious, Chairman Igbimo-Agba urged residents of the state to come out en masses and cast their votes for APC.
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