‘Strange Bed Fellows Won the Election in Kwara’

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Iyiola Oyedepo

Hammed Shittu holds a conversation with Chief Iyiola Oyedepo, a former Kwara State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and now a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the evolving situation in Kwara and the state of the nation  

How do you see your party winning all the seats including the Kwara State governorship position in the 2019 national elections?

 

Frankly speaking, I was surprised we could win all. I thought we would make impact, may be by winning one senate seat, two House of Representatives seats and perhaps eight or 10 seats in the state House of Assembly.

I was not thinking it would be total. I believe it is the deed of God that we were able to win all.

But I’m happy. It means God made our own formula for change in Kwara State work. I told my colleagues that we could not beat Saraki to his own game, and that is money for money. I told them we should vary the tactics of election in Kwara…



Source: Thisday Newspaper