I can not settle for deputy governorship ticket - Omisore. kicks against consensus candidate

ATTEMPTS to pave way for the emergence of a consensus governorship candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State ahead of the 2014 governorship election may have hit the rock, as the governorship aspirants insisted on the conduct of a primary election by the party, where its standard bearer will emerge.
Nigerian Tribune  gathered that none of the aspirants were ready to step
down for one another as they unanimously resolved that level playing field must be provided to allow a fair contest for the party’s ticket.
Osun State chapter of the party had, on Monday, in Osogbo, summoned all four governorship aspirants to the party secretariat, with a view to resolve how to pick a candidate, but the move was rejected by the aspirants, who said only a primary election could produce the standard bearer.
The aspirants are former Secretary to State Government (SSG) during Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola’s administration, Alhaji Fatai Akinbade; a former member of House of Representatives, Honourable Wole Oke; a former Minister of Youth Development, Senator Olasunkanmi Akinlabi and a former deputy governor of the state, Senator Iyiola Omisore.
State Working Committee of the party, led by Alhaji Ganiyu Olaoluwa, informed the gathering that the aspirants were summoned to the party’s secretariat to abreast them about the political development in the and the need for them to sink their differences in the overall interest of the party.
According to him, the chances of the party to reclaim the state from the incumbent Governor Rauf Aregbesola-led government was becoming brighter due to what he termed bad governance by the state administration.
When the aspirants were asked if any of them was ready to step down for one another or take the slot of the deputy, they all spoke in a voice vote that it was either the governorship ticket or nothing.
Nigerian Tribune gathered that Senator Omisore specifically argued that having served as deputy governor to Chief Bisi Akande between 1999 and 2002, it would be foolhardy for him to settle for deputy governorship ticket more than 10 years after.
They,  however, implored the state executives of the party to ensure transparency in the choice of the party’s candidate to avoid what can led to disenchantment or crisis among the other aspirants.

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