How Oyetola Betrayed Me – Aregbesola
Former minister of interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has revealed how his successor, Gboyega Oyetola, “betrayed him and his loyalists”.
Aregbesola spoke over the weekend during the end-of-the-year thanksgiving organised by his loyalists in Ilesa, Osun state.
Speaking during the event, Aregbesola accused Oyetola of betraying him and his loyalists after he won the 2018 governorship election.
Aregbesola added that some persons in Oyetola’s faction of the APC said a lot of nasty things about him.
“We did our own eight years in office and by the grace of God, we handed over power to the person who we felt would meet our interests and that of the party,” he said.
“But he betrayed us and the party. Those who are not patient and not in Osun began to say rubbish about the matter.
“I did not ask for money, positions, or acceptance of my counsel. I only asked that the party should not be destroyed.
“From the smallest of them to the biggest, I did not have any form of disagreement with them.
“Despite this, they went publicly to say rubbish about me.”
“From the smallest of them to the biggest, I did not have any form of disagreement with them.
“Despite this, they went publicly to say rubbish about me.”
Aregbesola was the governor of Osun between 2010 and 2018. He was succeeded by Oyetola, who served from 2018 to 2022.
Aregbesola played a key role in the emergence of Oyetola as the governor of Osun during the 2018 governorship election.
However, in the build up to the 2022 Osun governorship poll, the relationship between Aregbesola and Oyetola turned sour.
Speaking further, Aregbesola narrated how conditions given by his faction during a peace meeting ahead of the 2022 election, were not addressed.
He disclosed that at the peace meeting, it was stated that his faction should be given one-third of the positions in the administration that was going to be set up after the 2022 election.
He added that he was not invited to join the APC governorship campaign for the 2022 election.
The former minister said he wanted Osun APC to go into the 2022 election as a united party, adding that the move was frustrated.
He then said he will soon announce his next political move to the people of Osun.