By Tunde Olamilekan
Osun State chapter of New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has disclosed that it has not endorsed anyone has the sole candidate of the party for the August 08, 2026 governorship election.
This was as the party warned the general public against some people claiming they have been anointed by the party as the sole candidate for the forthcoming election.
The chairman of the party in Osun, Dr. Tosin Odeyemi, in a statement on Monday, noted that the window of the party is widely open for individuals willing to log it out with the sitting governor in the state.
He emphasised that at no point, did the State Executive Council of the party sit to anoint or announce anybody as a preferred candidate as this negates the principle of fairness being known with NNPP.
He said, “It has come to the notice of our great party, NNPP, that some individuals are going around claiming we have anointed somebody as a sole candidate for the Osun 2026 gubernatorial election.
“The claim is not only misleading but false. At no point have we sat as a body to announce this so-called resolution. We like to make it clear that the National Body of our party just released the timetable for the activities towards this election which we will follow accordingly.
“Any individual that wishes to contest under our party should come out, notify the state executive of his or her intention and get prepared to contest in our open primary on December 13, 2025 as been released by the party leadership.
“I hereby call on the members of the public to disregard any insinuation contrary to the earlier stated and see any individual parading him or herself as our sole candidate for now as a fraudster and impostor”
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