President Muhammadu Buhari
reportedly instructed the Governor-Elect of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, to
return to Nigeria over the Osun governorship rerun election.
The Independent National
Electoral Commission ((INEC) will Thursday conduct supplementary election in
four local governments.
Fayemi, who accompanied Buhari on
his trip to the United Nations General Assembly, was asked to come back home to
meet with governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Senator
Iyiola Omisore.
The sole agenda of the meeting
was to seek his support for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress,
APC, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola.
Omisore is popular in areas where
the election would hold especially at Garage Olode in Ife South Local
Government Area where his father, Oba Olajide Omisore, is the traditional
ruler.
On Tuesday, Fayemi visited
Omisore in Ile Ife to woo him ahead of the rerun holding in seven polling units
in four local government areas of Osun State on Thursday.
Omisore also met with APC
national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, Reps Deputy Speaker, Yusuf Lasun,
Governors of Jigawa (Muhammad Badaru), Oyo (Abiola Ajimobi), Kano (Umar
Ganduje), Ogun (Ibikunle Amosun), Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, among
other top chieftains.
A source close to Fayemi told
Punch that the discussion was fruitful.
The source said, “Dr. Kayode
Fayemi went to discuss with Senator Omisore in Ife today. The meeting was not
unconnected with the Osun rerun poll.
“Dr. Fayemi travelled to the US
with President Buhari to attend the UN General Assembly and it was Buhari that
asked him to return home to hold a meeting with Omisore on the matter.
“One vote is very important in
this election, so every vote is important and that is the reason for the
visit.”
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