The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Senator Iyiola Omisore, has said he is set to form an alliance with the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Osun rerun election.

According to a report by Channels Television, Omisore said hs decision comes after the National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole, led a delegation comprised of governors and top chieftains of the party, to visit him. He said this while addressing journalists at his residence in Ile Ife on Wednesday.


He said, “We have accepted to support the APC for victory in the rerun election tomorrow and thereafter form a coalition government.”

Omisore told journalists in Ile Ife that the decision to work with the APC was based on the condition he gave earlier for his support.

The SDP candidate had said he would only support any party (between PDP and APC) that is ready to uphold SDP’s core values. He said informed both the APC and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of his conditions.

The conditions include a pledge to ensure motivation of workers in the state, payment of salary arrears in the first three months in office, equity in infrastructure provision across the state, the adoption of a local content policy for all projects in the state.

He also wants traditional rulers to be made more relevant.

According to the SDP candidate, only the APC has accepted his conditions and that is why the SDP is going to form an alliance with the APC.