* Vows to reclaim own guber mandate
Osun State governor, Gboyega Oyetola, has promised to deliver one million votes for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, at the 2023 poll.
Oyetola said this on Monday in Abuja at the party’s National Secretariat when he spoke with newsmen.
“We have started the campaign. Sometimes last week we had a solidarity walk throughout the State; we covered 11 km, and the turnout was so massive.
“Osun has always been a State for the progressive, so there is nothing to worry about. I can assure you that we will deliver nothing less than one million votes for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu,” he said, assuredly.
Oyetola, who was elected in September 2018, lost his re-election bid on July 16 to Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
According INEC, Adeleke polled 403,371 votes while Oyetola scored 372,257 at the election.
But dissatisfied with the outcome of the poll, Oyetola has since sought redress at the election tribunal asking it to cancel the election, alleging over-voting.
He also accused INEC of by-passing the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), among other alleged electoral fraud.
Oyetola vowed to reclaim his mandate, adding that he has no doubt about it.
“I don’t have any fear. I have fate in almighty God. I will reclaim my mandate,” Oyetola declared.