My Hands are Open, I Hold No Grudges, Says Aregbesola

Segun James

Former Governor of Osun State, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has declared that he is not in conflict with anyone, stressing his resolve to work with anyone in returning the progressives back to power in the state.

Aregbesola stated that irrespective of what happened in the past, the members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) must heal and jettison personal gains for the reinvigoration of the party.

The immediate past Minister of Interior spoke at the palace of the Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Oyetunji Olanipekun Larooye II, on his homecoming reception after his tenure in the federal cabinet.

He called on stakeholders of true progressive, traditional, and social institutions who believe in the party’s development agenda to rally members for successive elections.

His words: “I hold no grudge with anyone in Osogbo or Osun. My hands are wide open to work and receive anyone. Anyone who has issues with me has their reasons, but I hold no grudge against anyone.

“It is never my desire to leave any of them, but now that they have gone the way they did, I beseech you, our royal father, to plead with them. I would always wish them well and always desire to work with them.

“Anywhere I am, please be rest assured that Osogbo’s and Osun’s interests are covered,” the former Governor of Osun explained.
Aregbesola had stated that he came back to restructure the APC in Osun State.
The former two term governor of Osun State made this known last Wednesday as residents of the state and members of the Osun APC welcomed him back to the state.

At the event, which was held at the Nelson Mandela Freedom Park, Osogbo, Aregbesola explained that he had in 2019 called for the unity of the party with a warning that failure to unite different interest groups in the party would not produce any good result.

“We were here in 2019 after the Supreme Court affirmed the mandate of the former governor. I called for unity in the party,” he reportedly said.