Former governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola says the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state is decided and that he is a member of the faction called The Osun Progressives (TOP) and led by Rasaq Salinsile.
Aregbesola, who is the current Minister of Interior, stated this on Friday when he addressed his supporters at a public gathering in Ilesa, Osun State. He spoke in Yoruba language.
He said (translated), “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.
“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 eight 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 eight years. I used to sleep for two to three hours every day. I did not only do the job with my heart but my whole body.”
The minister urged 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.