For the forthcoming Osun governorship election scheduled for August 9th,
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is relying on the momentum from the
Ekiti election which held last month and in which it trounced the
incumbent APC governor, Kayode Fayemi. However, the man who pulled off
the victory on behalf of the party in Ekiti, Ayo Fayose, is not even
convinced that his fellow party man, Iyiola Omisore, can pull off the
same feat in Osun.Fayose, up till now, has not visited Osun to stump for Omisore. In fact, according to reports, Fayose has now publicly expressed doubt over Omisore’s ability to defeat Gov. Rauf Aregbesola.
Speaking on a radio programme on Progress 100.5FM in Ekiti, Fayose reportedly said: “I can’t see Omisore winning the poll. I don’t think he can win but I wish him good luck.”
Shortly after he was declared winner of the governorship poll in Ekiti, Fayose embarked on a tour of some South West states, but he did not visit Osun, even though Osun is the state more in need of much pulling of weight by PDP stakeholders. Several people have interpreted it to as a cold war between Fayose and the PDP caniddate, Omisore.
