Development At Tribunal Heightens Omisore’s Fear
Mar 20th, 2010 | By Bankole Alao David | Category: South West News
Recent developments at the Election Petition Retrial Tribunal sitting in Osogbo, Osun State capital, on a petition filed by the Action Congress (AC) gubernatorial candidate, Engineer Rauf Aregbesola against the election of embattled Osun State Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola have again sent cold sweat down the spine of one of those eyeing the governorship seat in the state in 2011 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Iyiola Omisore.
According to the feelers in Omisore’s camp, the Ile-Ife-born senator confided in some of his close associates at a meeting held in Ile-Ife last weekend that the only fear for his gubernatorial ambition is the likely twist in the case at the Election Petition Tribunal in Osogbo.
It was gathered at the meeting that the jittery senator revealed that he had taken it upon himself to sponsor members of the Peoples Democratic Party in all the thirty local government council areas in the state including the Area Office in Modakeke to the tribunal on daily basis, so as to boost the morale of the PDP witnesses as well as those of the party’s legal team at the tribunal
It was further gathered that Omisore had revealed that he was saddened by the performances of the PDP witnesses at the tribunal and that the sudden boycott of the tribunal venue by the members of PDP has continued to give him sleepless nights.
He was also alleged to have said at the meeting which was attended by other gubernatorial aspirants under the platform of the party (PDP) that any failure of their party to secure victory at the tribunal would automatically truncate their individual political ambition whether they like it or not.
Senator Omisore accused other aspirants of concentrating on their individual political ambition rather than the victory of their party at the tribunal.
He therefore stressed the need to secure victory for the party at the tribunal as the only way for the continued existence of the party in the state.
Some of the respondents at the meeting hinged the abysmal performances of PDP witnesses at the tribunal to the fact that the party had, during the tenure of the first tribunal, reneged on its various promises to the witnesses after the judgment at the Court of Appeal that sat in Ibadan , Oyo State capital.
It was also learnt at the meeting that the party just hand-picked witnesses, as the original witnesses had stopped coming, even to the party’s ward meetings at local government areas’ level.
As part of the resolutions to motivate members of the party to the tribunal, the party had ratified disbursement of N5000 to each of the members of the party at the ward level, which had commenced this week, the medium reliably gathered.
The token to the party member, according to impeccable sources, is to secure their loyalty and to ensure that they remain in the party.
The source further revealed that the payment is expected to be implemented through the local government council bosses and tagged “financial empowerment scheme” for only consistent party members.
Also, other members of the party who aspiring for one position or the other in the next general elections had resorted into bringing foods and drinks to the ward meetings on weekly basis, so as secure the loyalty of the party members.
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Can you see, a product of electoral fraud wants victory at tribunal, a laughable element who is devoid of any quality that can make an individual a senator except through political robbery. Know that the game is up and Osun will soon be free of anti-people elements that constitute PDP.
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.-= I want 2 say dat pdp have no evidence at all.The are only planning to waste time bt i know dat one day just will prevail.Let them continue with their evils.´s last blog ..Breaking News: Punch Newspaper’s Senior Editor To Refund 17 Million Naira Proceeds =-.
I want 2 say dat pdp have no evidence at all.The are only planning to waste time bt i know dat one day just will prevail.Let them continue with their evils.
The reason for PDP’s poor showing in the tribunal is deliberate. Oyinlola wants the elections annulled so that he can run again for “a third term” after enjoying almost four years of a stolen mandate. His reasoning is that he will use state resources to rig his way back in, and that is what Omisore fears.