{"id":2210,"date":"2019-01-11T18:51:16","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T18:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=2210"},"modified":"2019-01-11T18:51:16","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T18:51:16","slug":"2019-election-omisore-joins-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/2019-election-omisore-joins-apc","title":{"rendered":"2019 election: Omisore joins APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Osun Deputy Governor, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has declared that he has joined the All Progressives Congress, APC.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1524595905268-4\" data-google-query-id=\"CMLJsoic5t8CFcg54Aod09YGOg\">\n<p>Omisore waved aside reports that suggested he was undecided following the alliance between the APC and the Social Democratic Party, SDP, under which he contested the September 22, 2018 Osun governorship poll.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the former Deputy Governor moved his support to the APC during the governorship election, which Gboyega Oyetola won.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1524595905268-5\" data-google-query-id=\"CMPJsoic5t8CFcg54Aod09YGOg\">\n<p>Omisore received Governor Oyetola and his entourage, including the chairman of the APC in Osun State, Gboyega Famodun, in Ife on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The governor and his entourage proceeded to the palace of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, in continuation of his \u201cthank you visits across the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Omisore spoke briefly at the Ooni\u2019s palace, where he said the coalition between SDP and APC was enough to \u201cshow where I stand.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1524595905268-6\" data-google-query-id=\"CMTJsoic5t8CFcg54Aod09YGOg\">\n<p>He said, \u201cThere is no rumour about where we are and where we are going.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat the APC chairman in Osun State, Gboyega Famodun said was instructive and correct.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod made relationship between me and the APC possible. Osun is one now and Ife remains the source from where all of draws our strength.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have to tell anybody that I am with the party. Any wise person should know where I belong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Omisore added that his \u201clast support during the rerun Osun elections had given direction that I\u2019m fully with the ruling APC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking, Gov. Oyetola described new found relationship with Omisore as \u201cGod\u2019s doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the resolve between the APC and Omisore to work together is a \u201cgood example from our state.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-20\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Osun Deputy Governor, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has declared that he has joined the All Progressives Congress, APC. Omisore waved aside reports that suggested he was undecided following the alliance between the APC and the Social Democratic Party, SDP, under which he contested the September 22, 2018 Osun governorship poll. Recall that the former Deputy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[38,173],"class_list":["post-2210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-election","tag-parties"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2019 election: Omisore joins APC - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/2019-election-omisore-joins-apc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2019 election: Omisore joins APC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Osun Deputy Governor, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has declared that he has joined the All Progressives Congress, APC. 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