Tag: Osun 2018
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Osun 2018: APC kicks as lawmaker representing Akande’s constituency defects to PDP
A lawmaker representing Ila Orangun constituency in the Osun State House of Assembly, Mr Clement Akanni has defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state to opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ila Orangun is the home town of the former Interim Chairman of the APC, Chief Bisi Akande. Akanni announced his defection…
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Osun 2018: Again, two PDP members drag ‘dancing senator’ to court over primary
Two members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun have filed a suit at an Osogbo High Court challenging the candidacy of Sen. Ademola Adeleke as the party’s flag bearer in the Sept. 22 governorship election. The suit filed on Monday by Mr Oyetunji Suredi and Mr Olagboye Adedamola is coming on the heels…
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Osun 2018: I have no anointed candidate – Aregbesola
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun says he has no anointed candidate for the forthcoming governorship election in the state. Aregbesola, who disclosed this while addressing the All Progressives Congress (APC) members on Saturday in Iwo, in Osun West Senatorial District, was reacting to consistent agitations by the people of the zone to produce the next…
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Osun 2018: Tinubu pressures Aregbesola to anoint own cousin, Oyetola as APC flag bearer
…as party chieftains disagree with choice of national leader There is commotion under the tent of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, as interests of the party leaders continue to clash over who represents it in the forthcoming governorship election scheduled to hold in the state on September 22. Most visible among…
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Osun 2018: I don’t want to die mysteriously like Adeleke, Deputy Speaker, Lasun Yussuff cries out
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Lasun Yussuff has said the death of Senator Isiaka Adeleke last Sunday is still a mystery and that he doesn’t want to die in similar circumstance. The Deputy Speaker alleged that he has been threatened severally for expressing his interest to run for the governorship race…