After the resent outbursts from Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola on the Political disagreement between him and his benefactor Ashiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Many self writers and bloggers have written many pieces for and against him.
In some of these article, Aregbe was described as an ingrate and betrayal of his benefactor and he was referred to as a man picked from gutter by Ashiwaju and turned to a great man.
According to them Aregbe was nobody before Ashiwaju Tinubu made him what he is today. Some believe Aregbe was not in a public space before 1999 and no one heard of him before he was made a commissioner under Ashiwaju's administration and propel to become Governor of Osun by the same benefactor.

My questions are was Aregbesola a nobody before 1999?
Was he really a man from gutter?
Who was Aregbesola before and after 1999?

Aregbesola was neither a rich man or a poor man. He had a private company after graduation and he worked to sustained his family. He was not known for begging to feed his family.
He was an activist since his student age and he partook in the student politics of his institution where he was speaker of the parliament.
At the early struggle against Military according to an erudite human right activist Comrade Debo Adeniran "Honestly he didn’t play prominent role during those years. But he later identified with the popular struggles. He was close to Baba Omojola, Darah, Comrade Ola Oni, Comrade Gbega Awosode, Abiodun Aremu etc"

His involvement in politics date back early 90s during the struggle to return Nigeria back to democracy. Aregbe was under the leadership of Baba Dapo Sarumi and others not under Ashiwaju Tinubu. Ashiwaju Tinubu came home to participate in politics in 1992 and he was elected as a Senator representing Lagos West Constituents.
In june 1990 before Ashiwaju Tinubu come back to Nigeria for politics, Rauf Aregbesola became an elected delegate to Social Democracy Party SDP Inaugural Local Government Area Congress. In July of the same year, he was a delegate to it's first National Conversation in Abuja.
During this period Ashiwaju Tinubu was not yet prominent in Lagos politics, he came later to join the race.
Aregbesola and Tinubu ways started to comes across after Dapo Sarumi and Femi Agbalajobi fought for the ticket of SDP lost to Femi Otedola.
It was also reported that Aregbesola contested for House of Representatives during this period.
Aftermath of annulment of June 12 election, Ashiwaju Tinubu become one of the major financer of NADECO and Aregbesola is one of the active member of NADECO.. During this struggle Aregbe was not a push away member, he was so prominent in the front of struggle against Military.
Ashiwaju Tinubu was away, he was on exil between 1994 to 1998 though playing an active role abroad. Aregbesola as a pro-democracy and human right activist, was a major participate in the demilitarization and pro-democracy struggle of 1990s in Nigeria.

In 1999 upon the return of the country to democratic rule, He was a ranking member of Alliance for Democracy while Ashiwaju Tinubu was a protégé of Alliance for Democracy (AD) leaders Abraham Adesanya and Ayo Adebanjo. Ashiwaju Tinubu won the AD primaries for the Lagos State governorship elections in defeating Funsho Williams and Wahab Dosunmu.
Rauf Aregbesola was the Director of Bola Ahmed Tinubu Campaign Organization (BATCO), Who drove the electoral victory of Ashiwaju Bola Tinubu in 1999.

Does Rauf looks like a man from gutter in any way? Where in this world a nonentity or a man from gutter emerged as a Campaign Director for a Millionaire Governor.?
Aregbesola political profile was overwhelmingly intimidating to deserve that position.
His becoming a commissioner was as a result of his political sagacity not a favour, he deserved it. He was neither picked from gutter or canal but he is a partner in progress to Tinubu political achievement.

In 2003 second term reelection of his master Aregbesola perform a similar feat with the platform of the independent Campaign Group, with which he ensured the re-election of Tinubu for a second term in office. Aregbesola was/is not a push away in Tinubu life the second term ambition of Tinubu was the most difficult term to achieve, all thanks to Allah, then Aregbesola who put his life on line to dare Obasanjo attempt to takeover Lagos State from AD the same way he did in Oyo, Osun, Ondo Ogun and Ekiti. Aregbesola was reported to have entered the INEC office with explosive and threatening to detonate the explosive if the INEC dare to announce another result different from original result and people's wishes. Aregbesola aggressiveness saved Lagos from going the way of other Southwest states, if this story was truth, then. that singlar act was the reason while the southwest returned to the progressive today.

In other to hijacked power back for progressive in Osun the state which was under the control of a retire General as the governor. Aregbesola was giving the hardest assignment and he fought for seven good years with support of his boss and won.
Is this a favour or task?

Now ask yourself was Aregbesola a gutter or canal man or a factor to reckon with in the political achievement of progressive in Nigeria or not?
Let ask ourselves did Aregbesola deserve what he gained from Ashiwaju Tinubu or he was just an opportunist?
Any fight between Aregbesola and Tinubu is a plus for the enemy of progressive and it will definitely have negative effect on Jagaban future political career just as it does on Ogbeni's.
As Ashiwaju Tinubu hasn't fight alone since beginning of his political career without Aregbesola, his most trusted and fearless soldier.
Maybe, A nineteen that do away with one would never become twenty.
Now I rest.

Hmmm

Well said op.
Where was tinubu when Aregbe's mandate was stolen initially? It was the court that made him governor in his first tenure.

Imagine saying he made his DG during campaign what he is.
Ogbeni is more of an ally to Tinubu, and not the other way round.

A TELL TALE TO WHITEWASH DRIPPING SELF-INFLICTED INJURY.

No one except the writer knew about Ogbeni in the 90's and the struggle for democracy for which ABAT was both prominent and financier. Both memorable and historical credentials of Asiwaju. People will always want to refer to student activism days of some as if no one else ever fought for students. This Aregbesola no one heard of even in that terrain.

Tinubu was a prominent member of PRIMROSE, the platform upon which he launched his political career and won the senatorial seat representing Lagos East from Alimosho. I recall the entrance of an entire upstart in Lagos politics upsetting discarding and dislodging the political big weights in Lagos. The group comprised of Engr. Akinlade, who vied for the office of chairman of Alimosho LG. Chief Dapo Sarumi for state governship and the Asiwaju for senatorial race. WITHER Ogbeni Aregbesola in this scheme of things.

TINUBU RETIRED AND RENDERED LKJ IRRELEVANT IN LAGOS POLITICAL TERRAIN, SINGLE HANDEDLY. THE RECORD EARMARKED BY Jakande SHOULD TELL YOU HOW COLLOSUS HIS IMAGE WAS AND TO BE TAKEN ON AND DISBANDED BY A TINUBU SHOULD ALSO BE A LESSON FOR PEOPLE LIKE THIS WRITER WHO IS DISINGENOUS AHISTORICAL AND OR A MISCHIEFMAKER.

Without Tinubu Aregbesola was NOBODY in Nigerian politics and still NOT. The event that unraveled in the state of Osun where he dug the pit of his own political demise, bears testimony to this proven assertion.

Aregbesola was a nobody before Tinubu. If you like argue from now till tomorrow na your headache.
I read your piece thinking that you will reveal something we didn't know about Aregbesola but you ended up repeating gutter every five lines.

Go and sleep abeg.

Bla Bla Bla... Gutter canal



Thrash

All this tinubu asslickers.Which one be ;from gutter to grace?Agberosola no pay tinubu godfather percentage from osun's treasury?There is no politician that tinubu will sponsor for free.Else,such politician will be treated like ex governor Ambode.It is public funds that he enriched himself with.So stop the gutter talk.

Same soji?

Okay

No be only asiwaju, asiwaseyin ni.... who knew Tinubu before the mid 90's?
Person wey dey use public funds take enrich himself nai be asiwaju?
Him dey zuzu. Make him no expect votes from Edo and other south southern states if him contest oo.

Do so fa la so re do mi la re

Who cares?

Aregbesola was reported to have entered the INEC office with explosive and threatening to detonate the explosive if the INEC dare to announce another result different from original result and people's wishes

So he know how to rig terrorist bombs ?

The PDP was really too soft on these Agberos...Taking a bomb into INEC office should have been his end politically but PDP as usual missed the opportunity

In politic o, tinubu is aregbes god.
God o!