This was several weeks before the ballots were casted. But when the tally of votes were eventually sorted, Osun people rejected the APC resoundingly. Interestingly, Basiru could only savage a win for his party in two out of 10 local governments in Osun central senatorial district even as the incumbent senator from the district. And nine months later, Basiru failed to secure re-election into the Senate, losing in eight out of the 10 local governments that made up the district.
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It is not only funny but also a big slap on the intelligence of Osun people to suggest that the Oyetola administration
The PDP candidate then assured them that, if elected, he will make them overcome their terrible experiences.
This distortion of democracy is causing a whole lot of worries, and one of such was expressed by a former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, who had during a visit to TOSTV Network studios in Abuja said “I have already made a public statement on that to the effect that ballot paper and not the judiciary should determine who wins elections or select political leaders. The ballot paper should be the only basis for selecting political leaders.”