As the race for the vacant seat in the Ikenne/Sagamu/Remo North Federal Constituency intensifies ahead of the August 16 by-election, frontline aspirant and experienced lawmaker, Hon. Solomon Osho, has confidently declared himself the most qualified candidate to represent the constituency at the National Assembly.
The former lawmaker disclosed this on Tuesday during a media debate with Journalists, at the NUJ Secretariat, Abeokuta, Ogun State Capital.
News channel reports that the bye-election is scheduled to hold on the 16th of August 2025, following the demise of Hon. Adewunmi Oriyomi Onanuga after a brief illness.
While responding to questions from journalists, Hon. Osho stated that since his defection to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), a majority of his supporters have followed him and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is now a “carcass” in the region.
He hinted that Remo needs a representative with “versed experience”, that the election is about “personality, the candidate not about the party,” therefore boast that he is the most qualified to represent the people of Remo Federal Constituency.
According to him “Most of us worked for the victory of PDP in Remo, more than half of the party members already left PDP to join ADC, what is left their is just carcass.”
“It’s all about personality, the candidate not about the party, this time around we have a formidable candidate with antecedent, connection across the three local government in Remo Federal Constituency, the election is all about the David and Goliath.”
“Remo Federal Constituency deserve someone with versed experience, Remo don’t deserve someone that is going to start learning legislative processes, we don’t need somebody who is going to take another six months to learn how to speak on the floor of the house, we don’t need somebody who is still going to start learning how to facilitate projects, we need somebody with experience.”