How We’ll Deal With Members Who Worked Against Oyetola, Tinubu During Guber, General Poll, Osun APC Reveals

How We’ll Deal With Members Who Worked Against Oyetola, Tinubu During Guber, General Poll, Osun APC Reveals

  • The leadership of the Osun APC has revealed what will happen to party members who betrayed former Governor Gboyega Oyetola and President Bola Tinubu
  • Tajudeen Lawal, the party chairman, dismissed a statement credited to the APC elder's caucus that former governor, Rauf Aregbesola, should seek forgiveness to return to the party
  • Lawal said the party has not decided on how to treat the case of Aregbesola, noting the APC members that engaged in anti-party activities during the governorship and 2023 poll will not be spared

The fate that will befall the former governor of Osun state, Rauf Aregbesola, and his membership in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is left hanging.

The chairman of the APC in Osun, Tajudeen Lawal, has stated that members of the party that engaged in anti-party activities during the governorship and 2023 general elections in the state will not be spared, The Punch reported.

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Bola Tinubu, APC, Tajudeen Lawal, Gboyega Oyetola
Osun APC vows to deal with party members who worked against Oyetola's reelection and Tinubu's election. Photo credit: Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Gboyega Oyetola, RAUF AREGBESOLA
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APC members who engaged in anti-party activities will not be spared

Lawal said this during a welcome home party organised by the APC Reformation Forum in Ijesa Federal Constituency for Ijesa Sons, who served in the national and state assembly and worked in former Governor Gboeyega Oyetola's cabinet, on Sunday, June 18, in Ilesa.

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“No member of the party involved in anti-party during the last governorship and general elections in the state will be spared,” he said.

Osun APC refutes Elders caucus' advice on Aregbesola

Lawal refuted the elders’ caucus’ statement that the immediate past minister of interior, Aregbesola, should seek genuine forgiveness in order to rejoin the party, PM News report added.

He also rejected the suggestion by Aregbesola that the party should be restructured.

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Adeleke issues fresh executive order over Aregbesola

Meanwhile, Ademola Adeleke, the governor of Osun state, issued an executive order to protect Aregbesola.

The order will be the 7th since the governor was sworn in on November 28 last year.

Adeleke assured Aregbesola that his security in the state was guaranteed.

Aregbesola denies report of him seeking forgiveness

Legit.ng also reported that Aregbesola debunked reports that he blamed the devil and sought forgiveness from former Osun governor, Gboyega Oyetola, describing it as untrue and misleading.

The 66-year-old said he has resolved to work with anyone regarding returning the progressives to power in Osun state.

Source: Legit.ng

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Esther Odili (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Esther Odili is a journalist and a Politics/Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng with 6+ years of experience. Before joining Legit.ng, Esther has worked with other reputable media houses, such as the New Telegraph newspaper and Galaxy Television. She Holds OND and HND in Mass Communication from NIJ, where she was recognized as the best student in print journalism in 2018. Email: esther.odili@corp.legit.ng.