Press Room
February 3, 2025
We must realise the critical situation that our party is in Osun, and I will say it the way it should be said. In the 2018/2019 election cycle, we had a governor, two senators, 23 House of Assembly members, and six House of Representative members. After the 2023 electoral cycle, we had nothing. That means that we are not in a position to have the luxury of being sentimental, sectional, or emotional as to who should be the flag bearer of our party.
We should be scientific and look at where we can get the demography that can support us in getting the necessary numbers to be able to win the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate. Nobody will have to hide the fact that it comes from a constituency that they vote in a community in support of their own. So, my party must first consider the demography of where you should pick your candidate from. Secondly, we have to also look at the pedigree in terms of contributions to the party and in terms of acceptability by the party members.
I know some say I lost my re-election, yes, but go and check the result. Even with all the shenanigans and manipulations, I was still able to deliver my own base, which is Osogbo and Olorunda, not only for myself but also for the house of representative candidate of my party and President Bola Tinubu notwithstanding that we were not in government then. This speaks to the fact that I am a politician who has the support of the people of my own base. So, I will say when the contest really begins and with the support of the leadership of the party both at the national and state level, I believe that I am the person that the party should look into if we are really committed to rescuing our state from the present Peoples Democratic Party government.
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