Omisore Vs Omoworare: Makinde Faults Appeal Court’s Verdict
Nov 4th, 2009 | By admin | Category: NEWS
The Action Congress (AC) House of Representatives’ candidate in Ife-Federal Constituency in Osun State in the 2007 general elections, Chief Rotimi Makinde, has faulted the recent judgment of the Court of Appeal that sat in Ibadan which sacked former Senator Iyiola Omisore from the upper chambers of the National Assembly and ordered rerun of the election within 60 days.
Makinde in a chat with OSUN DEFENDER in Osogbo on Wednesday said that the ordered rerun was unnecessary as it was apparent that the verdict was handed down in order to favour Omisore who was known to all and sundry not to have won the election in the first instance.
He said: “The Rerun is unnecessary. Inasmuch as the verdict of the Court of Appeal that sacked Senator Omisore and ordered a rerun election between Barrister Babajide Omoworare and notorious Senator Omisore of Osun East Senatorial District of Osun State, I strongly conclude that the verdict was handed down without strong determination to punish the rigger or in the alternative, to favour the ruling party.
“I expected a brave judge to have delivered an outright victory in favour of the appellant having found the respondent guilty of electoral fraud. The judges, to me, were not courageous enough. Come to think of it, what would be Omisore/PDP’s campaign selling message with no record for almost 12 years of fraudulently representing us?
“Omisore can not even move freely in almost 60 per cent of the area he claimed to have represented for so many moral reasons. It is an absurd; it is a shame. The election was rigged for him by the enemies of the society when he was being tried for the murder of former number one legal officer in this nation, Chief Bola Ige. What has been the contribution of Omisore in the senate since he bulldozed his way into the upper chamber of the National Assembly? Nothing, absolutely nothing. He was busy feathering his nest to the detriment of the masses”.
Makinde said the recent development in Ile-Ife was an opportunity for the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade to redress some of his past mistakes in his needless intervention in picking political leaders for the people of the ancient town.
His words: “The Ooni himself should see this scenario as an opportunity to redeem his mistakes by allowing this generation to choose for themselves somebody who will genuinely represent them and not a mediocre who derives pleasure in being addressed as a symbol of violence”.
He lamented that as blessed as Ife/Ijesha Senatorial District was in terms of human resources, it was a curse for someone of Omisore’s character to have represented the district when other states, particularly in the Northern part of the nation, were sending their first eleven.
Makinde enjoined all leaders of thought in the district to put their heads together with a view to putting an end to such anathema in order to forestall future occurrence of same in the overall interest of the people of the area.
It would be recalled that the Court of Appeal in Ibadan , Oyo State , last week, quashed the election of Omisore who was Chairman, Appropriation Committee in the Senate, with a directive that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) must organize another election within 60 days.
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What I think AC shuold be doing now is preparing herslf in xposing INEC so that it will not be possible to assist this oga agbero to go and represent us again .
I want to appeal to AC to challenge the legibility of Omisore in re-contesting the election. It is now the right time for the ijeshas to show Oyinlola and PDP as well as Omisore that they are not fools. I hope Oba Aromolaran has not been carried away by their (Oyinlola/PDP) crocodile tears – begging the Kabiyesi in secret after hailing insults on him in the public.
Solidarity greetings,chief Makinde. I always admire your opinions. Pls, as a stalwat in Ife, let’s ensure that Omisore’s violent plans and tendencies are beat to a retreat during the re-run. like you one mentioned, let it be known that nobody has monopoly of…………………….Victory is ours. What is the progress on your coming film, pampe-oselu? hope is at advance stage.
The chief is right. The judgment is a sort of soft landing for PDP, However it must be stressed that “ti iro ba lo logun odun……Let’s keep our hands crossed. The political volcano at Edo and Ondo is moving fast to Osun and Ekiti because the southwest lies at the pacific ring of fire(politically) God bless Nigeria and Osun state.
It’s a cooked judgment!
But i believe this will expose the PDP & INEC, cos Omisore will not return to the senate.
HE IS A TOUT AND SHOULD NOT REPRESENT THE PEOPLE. IN FACT THAT SEAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO OMOWORARE SINCE HE WAS IMPEACHED AND SHOULD BEAR THE BURDEN OF IMPEACHMENT
its neccessary for omoworare to win this re run election, omisore will do everything to prove his supremacy by winning the contest. Ac can devise another easy way of beating this political Goliath. a means with less crisis but more effective. To win an election in ILE IFE is very easy if those involve in the planning can get in touch with some certain things. This election will determine what the 2011 have in stock for the poor citizen of ife/ijesha senatorial district.
Pull out the thugs and let us move forward