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‘Why victory is sure in next elections’
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Engr Remi Omowaye has said that the party will win both the governorship election coming up later in the year and the presidential election slated for next year.
Omowaye, who currently serves as the Executive Director, Project Implementation, Federal Housing Authority (FHA), speaking in an interview, disclosed that every optic is currently working in favour of the party.
He assured that the president would get one million votes from Osun.
“It is feasible because Osun is one of the most underrated states in Nigeria. Do you know that apart from Lagos and Oyo State, no state in Southern Nigeria has had that volume of votes for the presidential election as we had in 2023? Osun had 700,000, both parties; Lagos had 1.1 million, Oyo had 750,000, even the almighty Rivers had less than 500,000; Delta, and Akwa Ibom had less than 600,000. Osun did 700,000, even the almighty Borno did less than 500,000; most of these states in the north that they say have huge votes did less than 500,000.
“What that means is that Osun is politically conscious.
“Osun is politically savvy, and with the situation brewing up towards the 2026 governorship election in Osun, I can predict that we will have close to that. I won’t be surprised because the consciousness is high in Osun. I won’t be surprised if we produce 1 million votes for the president.
“If we could do 700,000 in 2023, and the consciousness was not this much, I won’t be surprised if we do one million in Osun now. Osun is a politically savvy state, and the president has done so much for us in Osun. I’m sure people will want to reciprocate by ensuring that they vote for the president,” the APC chieftain said.
Speaking on the governorship race in Osun, he disclosed that all the variables that made Governor Jackson Adeleke win the last election in the state were no longer present.
Omowaye, a two-term commissioner, said Adeleke had lost a lot of his strong political associates to the APC.
“Out of the three Senators, two of the Senators are with us; we have three House of Reps members with us. One of them is Oluwole Oke, who has won election for a record five times. We are prepared.
“The leader of the party is doing a lot. We will go to the battlefield and win. The Honourable Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, is doing a lot. I can say that we are fully prepared, and I know victory will be ours,” Omowaye said.
He dismissed the insinuations, in certain quarters, that many of the party’s gubernatorial aspirants were aggrieved.
“Don’t forget that 90 per cent of them went to the president. Out of nine of them, eight of the aspirants went to the President, and they gave their commitment to work for the emergence of our candidate.
“The majority of them are fully with the party. They have collapsed their structure into the party structure. Yes, we might have one of them that has not fully come to our candidate; I know the leadership of the party is doing a lot to bring him on board, and to also reconcile anybody that is aggrieved.
“You know, it is a contest; you should expect that some people will be aggrieved, but the leadership of the party, led by Adegboyega Oyetola, and our revered father, Chief Adebisi Akande, are doing a lot to make sure we ensure that we have a strong, formidable team,” he concluded.