Femi Makinde, Osogbo
The crisis rocking the Osun State chapter of the Social Democratic Party has continued to fester as two governorship candidates emerged after separate primaries conducted by the two factions of the party in the state.
A former deputy governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, beat two other contestants to win the governorship ticket with 125,485 votes in the primary conducted by the Dr Bayo Faforiji-led faction of the party.
The Faforiji faction adopted a direct primary mode of election and the Returning Officer, Prof. Rufai Alkali, who announced Omisore the winner of the contest at around 10.50pm on Wednesday, said the direct primary was a good party nomination method.
But an indigene of Iwo town, Muniruden Atanda, also defeated two other aspirants to win the governorship ticket of the SDP faction led by Chief Ademola Ishola.
Ishola, while addressing the…
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