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I tried to mend fences with Aregbesola’s faction in APC – Adegboyega Oyetola

Nigeria’s Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has explained that he tried to reconcile with the Osun Progressives, TOP, a faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State but to no avail.

TOP is a faction within Osun APC loyal to the former interior minister, Rauf Aregbesola.

According to Oyetola, he tried to reconcile for good three years but it didn’t work out.

He made this known in Osogbo on Thursday while speaking at a reception by party members to celebrate his appointment as Minister.

He commended the party leadership in the state for the steps taken to sanitise the party.

Oyetola who served as governor between, 2018 and 2012 urged members to accommodate members who are sober and ready to return to the party, he assured them that the party will return to power in 2026.

In his words, “I want to assure you that we are going to reclaim Osun in 2026 by the grace of God. I want to applaud all the party loyalists and leadership of APC in Osun.

“Some members of the party did anti-party, but I want to commend you for your steadfastness. I was welcomed into the state with massive respect, right from Asejire, Ikire, Gbongan, Akoda-Ede, and finally, here. I am so glad. APC is strong in Osun.

“I am in support of measures taken to sanitize the party by suspending those that did anti-party within APC. This party is what I am giving my all to see to its success. Many of you have aspirations within this party, so when some people want to wreck and destabilize it, they should be dealt with.

“I want to implore the remaining members to be loyal and steadfast. Those who are yet to mingle with factional groups should be considered. There is room for reconciliation, it is good, I am in support of it but anybody that you will reconcile must show remorse and be sober, he should admit his mistake and vow not to repeat same,” Oyetola said.

Recall that the APC in Osun expelled and suspended some of its members.

It was alleged that the expulsions and suspensions targeted Aregbesola loyalists and TOP members.

The Osun APC defending its action, had said the affected members were involved in anti-party activities.

September 8, 2023
Oyetola will never congratulate Adeleke – Osun APC

Following the Judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja that upheld Governor Ademola Adeleke as the governor of the Osun State, the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) has said that Governor, Adeleke is underserving of Adegboyega Oyetola’s congratulatory message.

This was disclosed via a statement signed by his acting chairman, Mr. Tajudeen Lawal and obtained in Osogbo the Osun state capital.

The statement was in reaction to governor Adeleke’s interview with Arise Television on Monday where he stated that he was expecting a congratulating message from Oyetola after the Court of Appeal’s ruling.

Responding further to Adeleke’s claim in the interview, Lawal asked what would be the basis for Oyetola to congratulate Adeleke when there was an ongoing election process.

Lawal stated that such a request which was a tall order with no justification to warrant the congratulations of Adeleke by Oyetola over a subsisting election matter which was Supreme Court-bound.

The statement further read, “I don’t understand the thinking of Adeleke. Is he saying that Oyetola should congratulate him for killing no fewer than 30 members and supporters of our party to secure his pyrrhic victory?

“If Adeleke has conscience, does he want to pretend that he wasn’t aware that his party, the PDP, turned Osun State to a killing field before, during and after the elections, the results of which he is dubiously flaunting to feign non-existing popularity and acceptability?

“Adeleke will have to wait till eternity for a congratulatory message from Oyetola whom he robbed in the daylight during the elections that were won for him by the militia wing of his administration. If congratulatory messages are being sold in an open market, it is not a hyperbolic expression to state that our candidate, Oyetola, cannot extend one to you for one Kobo.

“Why would a potential respondent in the Supreme Court in an extant matter demand for a congratulatory message from an appellant if not for an ulterior motive or lack of knowledge of the workings of the judicial endeavours?

Adeleke does not merit Oyetola’s congratulatory message as it is being forcefully demanded by the governor as it is not for frivolous ventures.”

March 29, 2023
Adeleke vs Oyetola: Court of Appeal to deliver judgment today

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja will today deliver judgment in the legal battle between the Osun State chapters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the state’s governorship tussle between the Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke and and former governor Adegboyega Oyetola.

TheNewsGuru.com reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC) had returned Senator Ademola Adeleke of the PDP as the winner of the July 16 2022 poll.

According to INEC, Adeleke polled 403,371 votes, to defeat the then incumbent Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the APC, who got 375,027 votes.

However, Oyetola and his party the APC rejected the result and contested it at the Tribunal.

In its January 27, 2023 majority verdict, the Justice Tertse Kume-led tribunal annulled Adeleke’s victory and declared Oyetola the winner of the poll.

The tribunal cited reasons of over voting in some areas as the reason ,

Not pleased with the judgment, Adeleke and the PDP headed for the Court of Appeal.

The Court of Appeal heard the appeal on March 13 and reserved its judgment.

A member of Oyetola and APC legal team, Mr. Muhydeen Adeoye, inform pressmen on Thursday that the Court of Appeal had notified the parties that the judgment would be delivered today.

Speaking on the expectations of the party, Osun PDP Director of Media, Oladele Olabamiji, said his party was hopeful that the Court of Appeal would restore Adeleke’s victory.

He said, “We are expecting justice for the electorate in Osun, who collectively voted for the state governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke. We expect justice in line with the weight of evidence presented before the court.”

Also, the spokesperson for the Osun APC, Mr. Kola Olabisi, also expressed optimism that the party would come out in flying colours.

“We are optimistic that we are going to come out in flying colours because of our iron-cast evidence before the court,” Olabisi said.

Meanwhile, a statement by the acting Public Relations Officer of the Command, Kehinde Adeleke, said, “Ahead of Friday’s Appeal Court judgment on the matter between Governor Ademola Adeleke and Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola; there is strategic deployment of personnel around critical infrastructure in the state.

“There will also be patrol by armed detachment of the corps in readiness for emergency response. The command is ready to prevent any breakdown of law and order arising from possible protests by aggrieved parties.”

March 24, 2023
[Video] Protest rocks Osun state, over tribunal judgement nullifying Adeleke’s election

Protests have reportedly rocked Osun state following the tribunal judgement, ousting governor Ademola Adeleke as the duly elected governor of Osun state.

Thenewsguru.com reports that during a sitting today, the tribunal affirmed that there was overvoting in the election and cancelled about 10 local governments where it was discovered.

After deducting the votes, Oyetola was declared the winner of the election, nullifying the victory of Ademola Adeleke in the July 2022 election.

Reacting to the judgement, residents have bombarded the streets and blocked a major bridge expressing displeasure.

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January 27, 2023
Election Tribunal: Davido knocks Oyetola over alleged over-voting in Osun polls

Nigerian Music artiste, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has berated Osun State governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, for his claims of over-voting during the July 16 governorship elections in the state.

Davido made his grievances known with a tweet on his Twitter page on Monday morning.

He added that governor Oyetola is spreading lies thereby destroying his legacy as the governor of the state.

His Tweet reads in part: “You’re actually just a bad human being @GboyegaOyetola; no other way to put it. Spreading lies everywhere, destroying your legacy (not like you even have).

“It’s done and dusted. @inecnigeria, please, is there any such thing as over-voting with your new BVAS Machine? NOV 27th WE MOVE!!”.

TheNewsGuru.com reports that Osun state governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke has dismissed reports circulating that he admitted to Over-voting in some parts of the state.

Adeleke’s Spokesperson Rasheed Olawale had released a statement on Sunday evening on behalf of the governor-elect debunking the report, adding that Ademola’s defense was being twisted.

Olawale said the defence filed before the Tribunal dismissed Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola’s claim of over-voting in 750 polling, stressing that the over-voting was created by the incomplete data of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System based on the unsynchronised BVAS report that was used by the petitioners.

September 19, 2022
ISESE DAY CELEBRATION: Osun gov declares August 22 as public holiday

The Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has approved Monday, August 22, 2022, as a public holiday in commemoration of this year’s “Isese Day”.

This was contained in a release signed by the state Commissioner for Special Duties, Olalekan Badmus, who is also the Supervising Commissioner for the Ministry of Home Affairs, obtained in Osogbo on Friday.

The statement said the approval was in recognition of the day set aside annually by the traditional religion worshipers to celebrate Isese festival in the state.

It further read: “The governor has directed that this year’s Isese Day with a theme: ‘Abalaye adulawo ati ipaniyan s’owo; nje ajosepo wa bi?’ (African tradition and ritual killing; any connection?), should be celebrated responsibly and with security consciousness.

“The governor congratulated the traditional religion worshippers throughout the state, just as he also appealed to them to be peaceful and law-abiding in their conducts before, during and after the festival. He equally enjoined them to pray for the growth and development of the state in particular and Nigeria as a whole.”

Urging them to continue to support his administration, Oyetola emphasised the need for the citizens of Osun to continue to embrace Omoluabi ethos in their day-to-day activities.

The Isese Day celebration is usually held days after the annual Osun Osogbo festival.

TheNewsGuru.com reports that last year, the Association of African Traditional Religion Nigeria called on the Lagos Government to set aside August 20 of every year as Isese Day.

Isese Day is a regional public holiday observed in the Nigerian state of Osun on August 20th each year.

The day is set aside by the Osun government for traditional worshipers to celebrate their deities. The day is observed as the culmination of a week of traditional religious activities and festivities.

About Isese Day
Isese (the Yorùbá word for Tradition) Day celebrates the Yorùbá traditions and religion in a display of culture and spirituality with parties, festivals, parades, lectures and display of other traditional apparels to attract tourists from other parts of the world.

The Yorùbá make up 21% of Nigeria’s population.

As well as in Osun state, Isese day is celebrated by Yorùbá diaspora communities around the world.

A former governor of Osun, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, in 2013, approved August 20th as a public holiday in the state for Traditional Worshipers, under Section 2 (2) of the Public Holidays Act CAP P40 Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2010.

Isese Day was first declared as a public holiday by the Osun State government in 2014. Banks, government offices and other establishments in Osun State will be closed on this day.

Although the actual day is a state holiday, week-long festivities leading up to August 20th are celebrated in Osogbo, the capital of Osun state.

The appropriate greeting for Isese Day is “Isese l’agba” and the response is “Isese l’agba gbogbo wa”.

August 19, 2022
Osun 2022: Aregbesola camp in wild jubilation over Tinubu’s defeat [VIDEO]

The Minister of Interior and former Governor of State of Osun, Ogbeini Rauf Aregbesola camp is in wild jubilation over the loss of the state to PDP.

In a viral video apparently sent out immediately after INEC announced the results of the election on Sunday morning, his camp went into a wild jubilation. The video emanated from nowhere and is trending now on social media networks.

It’s a known fact in Osun that immediately Adegboyega Oyetola mounted the saddle of leadership he dumped his successor.

This probably did not go down well with him and it’s alleged in so many quarters that the minister kept to himself.

On the day of the guber election it was widely reported that he had jetted out of Nigeria to Germany.

The lyrics pointedly explains the message in the viral video. Translated, “The drummers said that he was bragging(better still he de buga) he would be re-elected but now he has failed.
They ended with a proverb that translates to “” There is nobody that can dare to eat soap”

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July 17, 2022
Osun Decides: Fear as EFCC ops storm Oyetola’s Polling Unit In Iragbiji

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC have arrived
Osun State to monitor the election.

Reports monitored by TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) have it that the officers were seen at Unit 1, Ward 1 Olotin area of Iragbiji in Boripe Local Government.

The leader of the team, a female declined mentioning her name.

However, she told a major national wireless station that they were monitoring the exercise and no arrest has been made.

The officials wore their jackets branded with EFCC inscriptions and drove their official vehicles to the area.

The presence of the anti-graft operatives, it was learnt, was to discourage vote-buying.

Meanwhile, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has arrived his polling unit to cast his vote.

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July 16, 2022