By Tunde Olamilekan
A former Commissioner for Education under the immediate past administration in Osun State, Mr Folorunso Bamisayemi, has disclosed how a governorship aspirant under the All Progressives Congress, Senator Iyiola Omisore, saved the party from eviction from its secretariat in Osogbo.
Bamisayemi, in a viral video, said less than two years after the APC lost the 2022 gubernatorial election, the party leadership went to meet Omisore to inform him that the landlord of the party secretariat was about to evict them due to non-payment of rent.
The former Commissioner, however, said Omisore was able to address the situation by paying the rent.
Speaking further in the video, Bamisayemi also disclosed that the former National Secretary of the APC once gave the party executives N20m to tour the local government in Osun and rescue the party after the gubernatorial loss.
Additionally, the former Commissioner said Omisore bought a vehicle worth N50m for the party when the executive complained about the non-availability of a vehicle to convene them around.
He said, “It was Omisore who told the state executives that the party was not functioning as expected, and the executives told him that they wanted to work, but they were financially constrained. Omisore asked what they needed, and they brought a budget of N20m, which he gave them to tour all the 31 local governments to resuscitate the party.
“After that, they came again and said that the landlord of the party secretariat had told them to vacate because they were owing him. He felt embarrassed because that time, it was not more than two years after the government. Omisore also cleared that money.
“Months later, they came back to meet Omisore and explained that they’ve been touring the local government with their personal vehicles and they needed a bus that could convey them anywhere. Omisore bought a new vehicle for N50m and gave it to the party excos.”
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