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  • [Osun 2022] Ex-Reps Deputy Speaker, Lasun Yusuff set to battle Gov Oyetola, obtains APC guber form

    [Osun 2022] Ex-Reps Deputy Speaker, Lasun Yusuff set to battle Gov Oyetola, obtains APC guber form

    By Emman Ovuakporie

    Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Lasun Yusuff finally on Thursday obtained his governorship form at the national headquarters of the All Progressives Congress in Abuja.

    TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports that the Engineer turned politician stormed the APC secretariat in Abuja with some of his entourage to obtain his nomination and expression of interest forms.

    Recall that Lasun had declared his intention to battle Gov. Gboyega Oyetola for 2022 gubernatorial ticket of the APC in Osun State.

    The former lawmaker came second behind Oyetola during the 2018 governorship primaries of the APC.

    The APC last month announced that governorship forms for Osun and Ekiti elections will be sold at N22.5m.

  • Armed youths invade ex-rep Dep Speaker’s home, cart away motorcycles, sewing machines, others

    Armed youths invade ex-rep Dep Speaker’s home, cart away motorcycles, sewing machines, others

    Youth numbering over three hundred have invaded the country home of the immediate past Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Lasun Yusuff and carted away several items.

    The youth barged into the residence of Yusuff located at Oke Ima area of Ilobu, Irepodun Local Government around 9:30am in the morning on Saturday.

    They came on motorcycles, with many of them armed with machetes and axes of different sizes.

    Among the items taken include fertilizers, motorcycle, sewing machine, hair dryers and other machines.

    Eyewitness said the youths after taken every materials available, left the area.

  • Defection: House of Reps Deputy Speaker states position

    Defection: House of Reps Deputy Speaker states position

    Mr Yusuf Lasun, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, says he will not leave the All Progressives Congress (APC) inspite of losing the party’s governorship primary in Osun.

    Addressing a news conference on Sunday in Osogbo, Lasun alleged that though there was a conspiracy against him in the primary, he would not leave the party.

    The Deputy Speaker was among the 17 aspirants that contested the APC governorship primary in the state on July 20.

    Lasun came second with 21,000 votes, while Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, the Chief of Staff to Gov. Aregbesola won the primary with 127,017 votes.

    He said: “Although I was conspired against during the governorship primary, but I will not leave the party.

    “I am still attending all the party’s functions to that effect.

    “My supporters and I are still members of the APC and we are not intending to leave the party in the nearest future.

    “We will do our best to support the party during the Sept. 22 (governorship) election.

    “I know in every contest, there will be a winner, whether it is free or not.”

    Lasun, who also alleged that the party did not reach out to him after the primary, said “maybe the party felt I don’t have anything to contribute.’’

    The deputy speaker also claimed that many politicians in the state had been alienated from the party due to the agitation over the primary.

    “We hope the party members will be able to put behind them all that happened during the primary,’’ he said.

    Asked whether he had reached out to the winner of the governorship primary by congratulating him, Lasun said he had not.

    “I did not congratulate the winner of the primary because when I became the deputy speaker in 2015, the party did not congratulate me.

    “And till today, nobody told me what my offence was except that some people were saying that I went against the party’s position.

    “But for me, what they were referring to as party position was actually the position of few leaders of the party,’’ Lasun said.