Osun by-election: Adeleke’s brother picks PDP ticket, Hussein wins in APC

Younger brother of late Senator Isiaka Adeleke, Demola, has emerged candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Osun West senatorial district by-election.
Adeleke, who had been cleared to contest the primary on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), defected to PDP on Tuesday evening.
Adeleke was set to contest the primary in APC unopposed after his opponent,  Senator Mudashiru Hussein, was disqualified on Sunday, by the APC screening committee headed by Zamfara Assembly Speaker, Sanusi Rikiji.
Hussein was disqualified by the committee on the grounds that he was still in active public service against the stipulated party’s guideline. Rikiji said the party’s guideline stipulates that any aspirant that wants to contest an elective office is expected to have resigned from public service 30 days before the primaries.
Hussein was the commissioner for Cabinet Matters in the Rauf Aregbesola administration, which was inaugurated on  May 30.
The disqualification was upheld by the appeal committee of the party headed by Abdulahi Bello.
Hussein was, however, cleared on Monday evening, by  the APC National Working Committee (NWC) to contest the primary.
Adeleke, who contested the PDP primary unopposed, yesterday, in Iwo Local Government Area of the state, scored 343 votes.
In his acceptance speech, Adeleke said the PDP would win the election.
“I accepted to contest the election under PDP and on July 8, we shall have victory. Victory shall be ours and nothing can stop us. We are moving forward because it is God’s project,’’ he said.
PDP Chairman in the state, Mr. Soji Adagunodo, corroborated Adeleke and said the party would win the by-election.
With the coast clear after Demola’s departure to the PDP, Senator Hussein also clinched the APC ticket at the primary held in Osogbo yesterday after over 3,000 delegates voted massively for him.
He scored 2,412 votes out of 2,413 votes. The Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed July 8, 2017 for the by-election.

 

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