The Chairman of Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Osun State, Dr Bayo Faforijin, has affirmed that the contractual agreement between the party and All Progressives Congress, APC, during the recent governorship election in the state, is intact.
Faforijin made this known while reacting to rumours making the round that the ruling APC has repudiated the agreement between the two parties in the heat of the September 27 rerun election.
“There have been an array of opinion in the state and beyond that our agreement have been betrayed after the election by the APC.
“There have been insinuations that Otunba Iyiola Omisore and the leadership would only exploit the passions and commitment of the party commitment for their personal gains and leave every other party members in limbo.
“Twelve elective political offices were conceded to SDP; the offices are one Senatorial slot, three House of Representatives and eight House of Assembly for 2019 general election in addition to unspecified number of appointments.
“We were also told that the ubiquitous posters and billboards of APC candidates we see around are not sealed or finally submitted to INEC,” Faforijin said.
Faforijin added that SDP candidate would contest on APC platform in whatever constituency conceded to them, adding that APC and SDP members are expected to vote for such candidates.
“However, any candidate that doesn’t fall into the conceded constituency can as well contest on SDP platform if he is assured of sufficient financial muscle and electoral values; we expect all party members to respect the agreement as long as APC respect their part of the deal,” he stated.
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