I have no governorship ambition in 2014 in Osun - Opeloye Former Commissioner for Local government and chieftaincy affairs in Osun state,Professor Muib Opeloye has denied nursing a governorship ambition in Osun state in the forth coming 2014 governorship election in the state. The denial was contained in a statement issued yesterday by professor Opeloye. Professor Opeloye while reacting to varous insinuations on the social media that he had started campaigns for the 2014 governorship election in the state said that he has no such ambition since he is in support of another candidate, Senator Iyiola Omisore who is contesting on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party. The statement reads in part; “My attention has been drawn to text messages, facebook notifications and publications flying about mentioning my name;Professor Muibi Opeloye, about intentions to run for the governorship race of osun state on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) come 2014.I hereby state categorically that. I know nothing about it I don’t have such ambition. “It is true that a group called osun pilot called on me,that they have done enough research to choose me. The meeting came up precisely about a week ago. They mentioned a lot about the unpopular government of the day. That the people need a change for a responsible candidate. “My response was that: Ife already has a position Ife ijesa has a candidate already in the person of the distinguished senator iyiola omisore. As a matter of fact ,I am a member of his campaign team I don’t have the where wither and resources for such candidacy. If I have, I will use it to support him.For these reasons and more, they should forget about my candidacy,” he said.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 03:47:06 +0000
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