SDP issues certificate of return to Omisore

The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Chief Olu Falae, has stated that the current administration in Osun state has woefully failed the people, leaving massive poverty amongst the citizens.
Falae stated this yesterday through the Deputy National Chairman of the Party, Mallam Ishaq Abdul, when the party issued a certificate of return to Senator Iyiola Omisore, winner of the primary election conducted at the weekend to determine the party’s flag bearer in the forthcoming September 22 governorship election.
He noted that arrears of months of salary had not been paid to the workers assuring party faithful that SDP would take over the reins of leadership in the state with a view to turning the state around after the governorship election.
According to him, given the pedigree and experience of the candidate of the party, Omisore would not just be a governor but would impact positively in the lives of the people in consonance with the ideals of the party.
Also, the National Secretary of the party, Mallam Shehu Gabam, stated that the party’s direct primaries which produced Omisore demonstrated that Nigerians were tired of the delegate system of conducting primaries which shortchanges party members
He noted that Senator Iyiola Omisore won in a landslide, stressing that out of the three people who contested in the primaries, he polled 123,485 votes to defeat his runner-up who polled 1,802 voted while the third person scored 1,637 votes.
He expressed the confidence that “going by the result of the primaries, SDP would win the governorship election in Osun state, noting that the emergence of Omisore was not a fluke but through hard work.
“The candidate did not emerge through dream but through hard work; he is a household name in Osun state, not just in Osun but Nigeria. He was in the Senate, he was a deputy governor. So he is not a greenhorn, he is a serious politician that is known and therefore is not a surprise, considering the gap in the results,” Gabam said.
Responding, the SDP flag bearer said he would win in a landslide in the state, lamenting that “Osun is in deplorable state as there are no health facilities while it has continued to be highest salary owing state in the country.”