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Crack In Osun Apc by topsyn03(m): 10:25pm On Jun 30, 2018 |
Osun 2018: Cracks in
Aregbesola’s Camp Over Oyetola,
Oyebamiji’s Gov Aspirations
By Segun Adejumo
Some loyalists of Governor Rauf
Aregbesola of the state of Osun
have reportedly rejected the
choice of his Chief of Staff,
Gboyega Oyetola as the
favoured governorship aspirant
to succeed the governor.
According to sources at the Osun
Government House, the
Aregbesola loyalists vehemently
opposed Oyetola’s aspiration
because of the strong agitation
that Osun West Senatorial District
should produce the next
governor of the state.
CityMirrorNews learnt that the
Aregbesola’s loyalists had
conducted several opinion polls
on the possibilities of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) to
win the September 22
governorship election with
Oyetola as the party’s candidate.
The report of the opinion polls,
according the sources, was that
Oyetola is not popular among
the APC members and the
electorate in the state and would
spoil the chance of the party to
win the election.
Also, the loyalists are of the
opinion that the ‘Osun West
Lokan’ agitation is real, and thus,
the governor and the leadership
of the party should respect the
view of the party members on
the choice of aspirant and
zoning.
It was gathered that the
Aregbesola’s loyalists, among
who are the current Attorney
General and Commissioner for
Justice, Dr Ajibola Basiru,
Commissioner for Local
Government and Chieftaincy
Affairs, Mr Kolapo Alimi,
Commissioner for Regional
Integration, Mr Bola Ilori, Special
Adviser to the Governor on
Taxation, the Director,
Department of Social and
Grassroots Mobilisation and
Guidance, Office of the Governor,
Comrade Bayo Ojo, held that it
would be wrong to choose
candidate from central because
of the political nature of Osun.
CityMirrorNews learnt that
Basiru, Ilori and some others
held a meeting with Aregbesola
late Monday where they told the
governor that they could not
support Oyetola’s aspiration
because it would spell doom for
the party.
According to the sources,
Aregbesola was unable to
persuade Basiru, Ilori and others
to change their mind at the
meeting, as they insisted that
Oyetola was ‘a bad product’ and
could not be sold to the general
electorate.
The Aregbesola’s supporters
reportedly suggested the current
Commissioner for Finance, Mr
Bola Oyebamiji to the governor
as the most suitable person to
support for the APC
governorship ticket.
They explained that Oyebamiji is
from Ikire, Irewole Local
Government in Osun West
Senatorial District, which would
out-rightly kill the ‘Osun West’
agitation, and also change the
wrong impression of the people
on the governor.
On Tuesday, both Basiru and
Bola Ilori updated the campaign
poster of Oyebamiji on the
facebook and twitter accounts
with a caption ‘Irewolede, West
Lodu’, an indication that they
had fully declared their support
for him.
Findings revealed that Majority
Leader of the Osun State House
of Assembly, Hon Timothy
Owoeye, former APC chairman,
Elder Adelowo Adebiyi, Akano,
Basiru, Ilori and others held
meeting at a hotel around
Lameco area, Osogbo to
strategise on how to gather
support for Oyebamiji.
Findings by CityMirrorNews that
the development has slightly
reduce Oyetola’s followers as
some of them believed that both
Basiru Ajibola and Bola Ilori could
not be acting against
Aregbesola’s script.
But some other Aregbesola’s
commissioners and Special
Advisers who are staunch
supporters of Oyetola have
remained undaunted on the
Oyetola’s aspiration, in spite of
Basiru and others move.
The pro-Oyetola Aregbesola’s
loyalists among who are
Commissioner for Information
and Strategy, State of Osun, Mr
Adelani Baderinwa,
Commissioner for Innovation,
Science and Technology, Engr.
Remi Omowaiye, Commissioner
for Sports, Social Security,
Comrade Biyi Odunlade and
Honourable Ajibola Famurewa
who is representing Ijesa-South
Federal Constituency at the
Federal House of Representatives
dismissed the insinuation that
the governor was in support of
Oyebamiji’s governorship
aspiration.
They stated that the Oyebamiji’s
supporters were out for
personal political interest.
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