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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Minister of Interior and former governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, did not participate in the ongoing Osun State Governorship election.
Aregbesola, who is feuding with incumbent Governor Gboyega Oyetola, travelled out to Germany to attend a conference. He had also missed the All Progressives Congress (APC) rallies in the build-up to Saturday’s election.
According to an aide of the minister, Aregbesola shunned the election to avoid a crisis.
It would be recalled 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.
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.
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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.”
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