Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has appealed to Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate in Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Osun, Sen. Iyiola Omisore, to team up with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in order to defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Thursday’s rerun.
Atiku, a PDP presidential aspirant, made the appeal in a tweet via his verified Twitter handle on Monday morning.
Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared the result of the election inconclusive.
INEC had declared that Senator Ademola Adeleke scored 254,698 votes to beat the candidate of the All Progressives Congress who polled 254,345 votes but added that it could not declare Adeleke winner because the number of votes cancelled – 3,498 – was higher than 353 by which the PDP candidate defeated Oyetola.
The commission therefore ordered for Thursday a rerun in the seven polling units where results were cancelled.
But Atiku, like many other PDP chieftains, believes the PDP candidate, Sen. Ademola Adeleke needs the support of third-placed Omisore and his supporters to swing the votes in Adeleke’s favour on Thursday.
He said, “I am confident PDP will win in Osun, no matter the ulterior motive of APC.
“I call on Senator Omisore to remember the PDP, which believed in him and gave him its ticket in 2014.
“I urge him to join with all who want to deliver Osun from negative change and support Sen. Ademola Adeleke.”
See tweet:
I am confident PDP will win in Osun, no matter the ulterior motive of APC. I call on Senator Omisore to remember the PDP, which believed in him and gave him its ticket in 2014. I urge him to join with all who want to deliver Osun from negative change and support @IsiakaAdeleke1
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) September 24, 2018