An ex-Deputy Speaker of the Home of Representatives, Lasun Yusuf, has declared that former Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, can by no means change into the chief of any political system within the state.
Yusuf, the candidate for the Labour Social gathering, LP, within the 2022 Osun guber election, added that Aregbesola’s political affect has pale.
He said this whereas fielding questions on a radio programme in Osogbo, on Monday.
Yusuf stated, “I can’t be comfortable if any evil factor befalls Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola. I all the time want him good. We had been collectively; we now have come a great distance; infact we spent high quality occasions collectively in politics however what I do know is that his terrain of affect is gone within the political firmament of Osun; he can’t be a frontrunner of any political system within the state once more.
“Although he tried to make sure that progressives retain energy in Osun whereas exiting workplace, what I do know is that he’s solely making an attempt however it’s too late to change into a frontrunner within the state as he has been struggling to.
“I stated this as a result of I knew that he turned a governor by collective management. Simply as I couldn’t change into a governor as I wanted so additionally that it isn’t straightforward for him to change into the chief of any political system that he needs to be.
“For him to be saying he would let folks know the place he’s going earlier than the top of this 12 months, is nothing however a ruse. Time has handed by on that; life doesn’t await such.”
Yusuf’s outburst is coming days after Aregebsola declared that earlier than the top of 2024, his supporters would know the place his curiosity within the state’s politics lies.
Aregbesola additionally narrated how his efforts to make sure that the All Progressives Congress, APC, approached the Osun 2022 gubernatorial election as a united social gathering, had been annoyed.
He additionally revealed that he stayed away from the 2022 Osun APC guber marketing campaign following the declaration by a frontrunner of the marketing campaign organisation that anybody not invited mustn’t hassle to come back.