Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on Monday, lambasted those he once trusted politically, accusing them of betrayal.

The former governor of Osun State from 2010 to 2018 declared that enough is enough for the politics of godfatherism and enthronement by treacherous leaders who equated themselves to the status of a god.

The 64-year-old minister said he trusted All Progressives Congress National Leader, Bola Tinubu, but the ex-governor of Lagos State repaid him with betrayal.

Aregbesola accused Tinubu; a former APC interim chairman and ex-governor of Osun State, Bisi Akande, of foisting the current governor of the state, Gboyega Oyetola, on the people, against popular will.

Aregbesola, who leads an APC faction in the state and who had been engaged in a feud with his successor, Oyetola, accused the incumbent governor of not consolidating on his eight-year achievements.

Aregbesola, therefore, called on the party members in Osun to support a former Secretary to the State Government, Moshood Adeoti, in Saturday’s governorship primary.

He also said just as ex-governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, was rejected by APC members in 2019 for working against the laid down rules, Oyetola would be thrown out of office after just a term.

The minister, who declared that the present administration in the state had deviated from the true tenets of the APC, also accused those at the helms of affairs of jettisoning true democracy and the principles which the party and its heroes stand for.

The former governor spoke in the Ijebu Jesa area of the state while addressing members of the APC ahead of Saturday’s governorship primary election.

The aspirants warming up for the party primary include the incumbent governor, Oyetola; former Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives, Yusuff Lasun; and former Secretary to the State Government, Adeoti; who recently returned to the ruling APC in June 2020, from the Action Democratic Party.

Aregbesola and Tinubu had been decade-long political associates. The former was Director of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Campaign Organisation who drove the electoral victory of Bola Tinubu in 1999 and also ensured Tinubu’s return to office in 2003. Aregbesola was also Commissioner of Works and Infrastructure while Tinubu was Lagos governor.

Many keen observers had watched suspiciously the worsening relationship between Tinubu and Aregbesola. The minister was not seen visiting Tinubu in London when he was hospitalised for over three months for knee surgery and when over 100 notable politicians turned the APC leader’s London home to a Mecca of sorts in 2021. Also, Aregbesola has not been seen associating himself with the 2023 presidential ambition of Tinubu.

Aregbesola has been having a running tussle with Oyetola over what he termed poor leadership and over what appeared to be a struggle for the control of the APC organs in Osun State.

The PUNCH had earlier reported that the Governor Mai Mala Buni APC caretaker committee recently inaugurated Oyetola’s man, Gboyega Famoodun, as the recognised party chairman in Osun, and disregarded Aregbesola’s faction.

Source: https://punchng.com/osun-2022-aregbesola-declares-war-bombs-oyetola-tinubu-akande/

Ok

Politics have always been a battle of wits, cash, betrayals, alliances, compromise, backbiting, mud slinging, propaganda etc.

We don’t expect less

I sorry for dis rauf....tinubu go use am console him sef.

gasparpisciotta:
Politics have always been a battle of wits, cash, betrayals, alliances, compromise, backbiting, mud slinging, propaganda etc.

We don’t expect less

dis guy na cabin biscuit where tinubu dey.

Tinubu bad o but this Aregbesola greedy.

Oyetola is a clueless goner. Oyetola should be preparing for his handover notes. They ganged up to steal Senator Ademola Adeleke's mandate.
Now they must pay for it by fighting till death .

Bisi Akande betrayed Aregbesola bcs if Tinubu.
Oyetola will distroy Aregbesola's political carrier if care is not taking

It is getting interesting,

Oghene1st:
Tinubu bad o but this Aregbesola greedy.

Greedy as how?

Compared to who?

You can't turn those who fought for the progressive emergence out of the grip of PDP since 2004 A SECOND FIDDLE.

OLETOLA should kiss his reelection bye bye.

Anyhow anyhow, his blocks of votes will be destroyed.

Rauf is a noise maker politician dude has lost his grip in control APC souls both in lagos and osun I have never see an ingrate like that man. You want to be controlling the seating governor you worked against in his first tenure because of your greed you want your former secretary to be a governor Adeoti contest under another party.

I'm very happy that he made his intentions know this time at least the governor will know where he belong.
Meanwhile the way the governor will defeat his opponent this time wouldn't have a close marking like first place.

Johnnyessence:
Oyetola is a clueless goner. Oyetola should be preparing for his handover notes. They ganged up to steal Senator Ademola Adeleke's mandate.
Now they must pay for it by fighting till death .

I'm laughing at you.

Do you know The LAGOS PEOPLE mantra?
I'm very sure you don't and I won't say more than that.

donbachi:
dis guy na cabin biscuit where tinubu dey.

So, people wey wan finish Tinubu da wetter, no be Igbos after all.

Rauf the proud and arrogant butterfly that think itself a bird. All his noise will end on Saturday once Oyetola wins the party primary.

APC almost lost the last election because of Rauf’s treachery. If not for the way party leaders all over the country stepped in, PDP would have won Osun 4 years ago.

APC has learnt from the last outing. The party is not relying on Rauf again to deliver votes from the ijesha axis. Oyetola will win re-election easily.

Johnnyessence:
Oyetola is a clueless goner. Oyetola should be preparing for his handover notes. They ganged up to steal Senator Ademola Adeleke's mandate.
Now they must pay for it by fighting till death .

I don't think Oyetola will lose the election.

Amosun go dey one corner dey laugh this idiotic fool. Shebi he was calling Amosun all sorts of names when Amosun was doing exactly the same thing he's doing now. This Aregbesola forgets that politics is a game of interest. Politicians are chameleonic in nature. 2023 go too sweet sha

johnmartus:
Rauf is a noise maker politician dude has lost his grip in control APC souls both in lagos and osun I have never see an ingrate like that man. You want to be controlling the seating governor you worked against in his first tenure because of your greed you want your former secretary to be a governor Adeoti contest under another party.

I'm very happy that he made his intentions know this time at least the governor will know where he belong.
Meanwhile the way the governor will defeat his opponent this time wouldn't have a close marking like first place.

Ingrate as in how, one man wants to control lagos and osun make he stay one place

walemoney007:
I don't think Oyetola will lose the election.

Oyetola will lose the election. Oyetola is a clueless goner.

Johnnyessence:
Oyetola will lose the election. Oyetola is a clueless goner.

He will lose on Nairaland and win in Osun as usual.

And talking about cluelessness, I’m finding it difficult to determine who is more clueless between you and Adeleke the illiterate dancer. You guys really fit each other. Clueless x2.

Yawn...
Hopefully one day people would stop seeing politics as a do or die affair.

64 years old man o, wetin u suppose settle inside room u bring am come outside

Nigeria will move forward if we put away all these forms of Godfatherism in Nigerian politics. Aregbe himself is symbolic of a pot calling kettle bottom black

Noted

Let the fight begin

Why would he criticize jalaban? A whole tilumbu! Watch as some residents zombies here will attack aregberascal

Okay now

Aregbe is becoming a renegade. Let’s see how this pans out.

Is ok, war indeed.

Aregebesola has finally gone mad.

This Battle will swallow him up.


Meanwhile, the irrelevant 5% is coming to pour out thier frustration on Tinubu.

Ok

YellowMayor:



Source: https://punchng.com/osun-2022-aregbesola-declares-war-bombs-oyetola-tinubu-akande/

I know since he avoided the Akande book launch.... Aregbese is a confirmed tout and babalawo....Ija sese bere....