Why Aregbseola Was Absent For Osun Election – Sources

The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, is not taking part in the ongoing governorship election in Osun State despite his yeoman role in pushing forward the incumbent and All Progressives Congress, APC candidate, Gboyega Oyetola four years ago.

The Punch reports that aides of the former governor claimed he was not invited to be part of the campaign and that he did not want to force himself into the process to avoid a crisis.

It was learnt that the former governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, has travelled abroad to attend a conference.

According to an aide of the minister, Aregbesola shunned the election to avoid a crisis.

The PUNCH had reported that  Aregbesola had publicly moved against the second-term ambition of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola.

Instead, Aregbesola endorsed the former Secretary to the State Government, Moshood Adeoti, who later lost to Oyetola at the APC governorship primary election held on February 19.

It was learnt that the minister was in Lagos State on Thursday before travelling to Abuja on Friday.

When contacted, Aregbesola’s media adviser, Sola Fasure, confirmed the minister’s absence from Osun for the election.

“He proceeded on an official assignment on Friday,” Fasure said.

The media aide noted that Aregbesola was not invited to work for Oyetola’s second-term bid in Osun.

He also said the minister was not named in the Osun State campaign team by the All Progressives Congress.

Explaining the absence of the minister from Osun state for the election, he said, “Aregbesola is not in Oshogbo. He is on an official assignment. He was not invited and not a part of the election council. The governor did not also invite him to be part of the campaign.”

The Osun Progressives, a faction of the All Progressives Congress loyal to the Minister of Interior Affairs, Rauf Aregbesola, has broken silence on the Osun State Governorship election holding Saturday.

The TOP’s position was contained in a post shared by a former commissioner in the state, Sikiru Ayedun, on Friday.

The group reiterated that it remains a part of the APC despite the alleged maltreatment of its members by Governor Gboyega Oyetola’s administration.

Earlier, there had been speculation that TOP may work for the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, Ademola Adeleke, in the election.

Source: The Punch

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