The Ooni of Ife, His Royal Majesty, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, has told President Goodluck Jonathan how the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the August 9 governorship election in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore sacrificed running for the governorship of the state twice.
The
Ooni disclosed this when President Jonathan led a delegation of
national officers of the PDP to the Ooni’s palace in Ile-Ife on a
courtesy visit.
According
to the monarch, in 1999, former Attorney-General and Minister of
Justice, Chief Bola Ige, had called on him (Ooni) to advise Senator
Iyiola Omisore to serve as the running mate to Chief Bisi Akande, asking
him to urge traditional rulers in the state to support Akande. In
Ooni’s words, “His message was well delivered and when I called Senator
Iyiola Omisore, he did not argue with me, but rather prostrated and
said “God’s time is the best.” In 2003, “They said I should call him
again and appeal to him to step aside in the meantime.
And
when I called this young man to appeal to him, he did not argue with me
but prostrated and said ‘Kabiyesi, God’s time would always be the
best.’”
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