Osun APC is divided and I belong to top faction, Aregbesola declares

Former governor of Osun State and current Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola says the state All Progressives Congress, APC, remains divided and that he belongs to The Osun Progressives (TOP) faction, led by Rasaq Salinsile.

Aregbesola made this declaration on Friday while addressing his supporters at a public gathering in Ilesa part of the state.

The former governors addressed, which he rendered in Yoruba language, is translated to read in English as follows: 

“For those in doubt, Osun APC is divided. We have APC, Rauf Aregbesola’s faction which is chaired by Hon Razaq Salinsile and the other. Everybody is doing his or her own, later, we will renegotiate, we will rearrange everything. The caucus that produced our faction is called The Osun Progressives (TOP) chaired by Elder Lowo Adebiyi.

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“Those people who are doubting whether I am part of TOP or not should listen up, I belong to TOP wholeheartedly.

“I am happy that the Commissioner of Police is here. There are a lot of lies that are flying around, I steered the affairs of this state for 8 years when I was there, you can check your record, there was no trouble, we did the job with the whole of our body to record the feat for 8 years. I used to sleep for 2 to 3 hours every day. I did not only do the job with my heart but my whole body.”

The minister called on the state Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode, to remain objective in the critical period in the state for the force to achieve success.

“I am a son of the soil, we cannot work to scuttle the state. My parents are from this state. If the police follow the dictate of their job without being biased, they will record success”, he added.