Omisore Iyiola Contrary to explanations offered by the State of Osun Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the suspension of their rallies last week, fresh fact emerging has shown that the party suspended its campaign for the week because of a rift over money. Investigations gathered by OSUN DEFENDER revealed that the Federal Government ferried about N1 billion through a cardinal to the state chapter of the party to prosecute the August 9, 2014 gubernatorial election in the state, but the arrival of the cash turned the political gladiators to desperadoes. According to findings, it was gathered that the formula on how to share the cash and in whose possession to keep the money became an issue, as several party chieftains were all eager to have first hand access to the cash. It was gathered that how to share the money led to a battle between the party governorship candidate, Senator Iyiola Omisore and the State Chairman of the party, Alhaji Gani Ola-Oluwa, leading to the former physically assaulting the latter. The medium learnt that Omisore is not really interested in entrusting the cash with anyone among his associates, whom he felt were not really trustworthy and insisted on personally distributing the cash, a position which did not go down well with other party chieftains. A retired Customs officer was said to be seriously angered by the candidate’s stance and had to challenge him, leading to hot altercation between the two gladiators and both had to go their different ways. According to a source close to the former Customs officer, the man had to stay away from campaign organised by the party, unlike in the past that he moved around all rallies in solidarity with the governorship candidate. Checks further showed that some chieftains of the party were not happy with Omisore’s disposition on the money, on the ground that the gubernatorial campaign is not being prosecuted with individual money, but a collective action. It was gathered that it took the intervention of the National Secretariat of the party and the Presidency to make sure the campaign was not totally grounded, hence, the divided house resumed its electioneering campaign. Although, things seem calm among the gladiators in the party presently, it was gathered that the reason some still stick to the campaign programme is to know how the bounties would be shared after the election. It was learnt that even the sponsors of the campaign, including the presidency, are not hell-bent on winning the governorship poll, but to muzzle about 25-30 per cent of the votes in the state in preparation of the 2015 general elections. S
Posted on: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 11:23:09 +0000
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