OSUN GUBER: Gov. Oyetola Vows To Reclaim Mandate, Makes Promises
AFNews Reporter
Nov 08, 2022
Gboyega Oyetola, Osun State governor, has asserted that he will reclaim his mandate despite Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) emergence as governor-elect of the state in the last governorship poll.
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Oyetola disclosed this while speaking with journalists at the All Progressives Congress (APC) national secretariat yesterday and promised to deliver one million votes for Bola Tinubu, his party's presidential candidate at the 2023 poll.
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He said, "We have started the campaign, sometimes last week, we had a solidarity walk throughout the state, we covered 11 km, the turnout was so massive.
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"Osun has always been a state for the progressive, so there is nothing to worry about. I can assure you that we will deliver nothing less than one million votes for AsiwajuÔÇØ.
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Oyetola, who was elected in September 2018, lost his re-election bid on July 16, 2022 to Adeleke who polled 403,371 votes as against his 372,257 at the election.
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Oyetola, who was dissatisfied with the outcome, approached the court and called for the cancellation of the election, alleging over-voting.
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He also alleged that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) was bypassed by INEC among other alleged electoral frauds. Oyetola said he would reclaim his mandate, saying he had no fear.
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"I don't have any fear. I have faith in almighty God. I will reclaim my mandate,ÔÇØ he said.
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— AFNews Reporter