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The Osun State First Lady, Titilola Adeleke, on Monday led a protest by women in the state against what they described as “indiscriminate arrest and violence” ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. Adeleke, who was joined by women from different groups of traders and artisans in the state, led the march,…
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Muslim scholars and imams across Osun State have endorsed the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Mr Bola Oyebamiji, for the August 15 poll. The Muslim groups, who gathered at the country home of the Asiwaju Musulumi of the South-West, Edo and Delta States, in Osogbo, said their endorsement was based…
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The Imole Campaign Council has alleged plot to disenfranchise voters during the August 15 governorship election. In a statement issued Monday by its spokesperson, Pelumi Olajengbesi, the Council said it received “credible intelligence of a plot by the APC to pressure the Independent National Electoral Commission into abruptly ending voting…
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Organised labour in Osun State on Monday rejected allegations by the All Progressives Congress, APC, that the palliative paid to workers and pensioners by the state government was a strategy to influence votes ahead of the August 15 governorship election. Speaking during a protest at the front of the state…
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The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, the national chairman of the party, Senator David Mark, and his secretary, Rauf Aregbesola, on Monday canvassed the electorate in Osun to vote for the party’s standard bearer, Najeem Salaam, during Saturday’s governorship poll in the state. They assured…
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The Osun State All Progressives Congress has welcomed the endorsement of its candidate, Mr Bola Oyebamiji, popularly called AMBO, by former Governor Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola and several other prominent political leaders from the PDP and Accord Party. In a statement on Saturday by the APC Governorship Campaign Council, party described…
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The All Progressives Congress in Oyo State has urged voters in Osun State to support its governorship candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, in Saturday’s governorship election. The party, in a statement issued on Sunday by its Publicity Secretary, Olawale Sadare, in Ibadan, said the need for quality leadership, effective representation and equitable…
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The Osun State chapter of the Accord Party has said the endorsement of the All Progressives Congress candidate in next Saturday’s poll by ex-Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola and some other leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state will not stop Governor Ademola Adeleke’s re-election. In a statement he personally…
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Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has condemned the criticism by the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, over his endorsement of President Bola Tinubu, accusing the former governor of threatening to manipulate the August 15 governorship election. Adeleke, in a statement issued on Sunday by his spokesperson, Olawale…
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The Director-General of the Osun West Governorship Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress, Dotun Babayemi, has appealed to residents of the state to participate peacefully in the August 15 governorship election. Babayemi, in a statement issued on Sunday by his Media Office and obtained in Osogbo, urged voters to…
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