By Blessing Akorowosi
Minister for Interior, and former governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola has described the incumbent governor of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola as a traitor and one bent on quarrelling with him after pleading with him for two years.
Aregbesola maintained that they both served together for eight years but Oyetola, on getting to the office destroyed the legacies they both made, adding that he has reported the governor to God.
He stated this during the rally of his caucus, The Osun Progressives (TOP) of the Osun State All Progressives Congress, APC at Irewole/Isokan/Ayedaade federal constituency in Ikire, Osun State to canvass for the votes of party members for former Secretary of the State Government, Moshood Adeoti ahead the party’s primary election on Saturday, February 19, 2022.
Aregbesola stated that he supported Oyetola in 2018 but it is unfortunate that he has turned his back at him and become his enemy.
In his words, “Oyetola, since he got to office have been in battle with me. He said that I don’t want him to become a governor but he is already a governor. What else does he want? I campaigned passionately for him under the rain but he is now my enemy.
“I begged him for two years and even sent people to him. He refused. Everything we did together for 8years, he has destroyed.
“When I saw that he is firm on this enmity, I reported him to God. He will not return for second term. This Saturday’s election will determine his fate.”
Commending the works of the TOP caucus, he said, “we are carrying the mandate of this party. We painstakingly upheld this party from 2005. With all these happenings in our party, we reflected and decided to go back to the foundation. We looked at grounded politicians and made them leaders.”
With this, Aregbesola presented Adeoti as his preferred candidate and urged the party members to come out en masse to vote for him.
Moshood Adeoti, in his remarks, appreciated Aregbesola, the leaders and members of the party for their support.
Adeoti urged members of the party not to panic but come out to cast their vote for him in the forthcoming primary election in order to be free from the difficulties encountered in Oyetola’s administration.
Earlier, in his address, the APC factional chairman, Rasaq Salinsile stated that the party made a mistake by voting for Oyetola in 2018.
Calling on party members to vote out Oyetola on Saturday, Salinsile said, “now is the time for the change and our candidate now is Moshood Adeoti, a grassroot politican.”
This article originally appeared in Champion
