Ademola Adeleke, the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate for governor in Osun State, spoke on Monday about gaining support from Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola to win the 16th of July governorship election.
In his remarks, the newly elected governor refuted claims that Aregbesola had assisted him in ousting Gboyega Oyetola as governor of the state.
Recall that on Saturday, Adeleke defeated Oyetola, an All Progressives Congress candidate for governor.
Out of the 30 local government districts in the state, Adeleke won 17, with Oyetola taking the remaining 13.
Adeleke won the governorship election with 403,371 votes, defeating Oyetola who received 375,027 votes.
There are rumors that Oyetola was defeated as a result of Aregbosola’s disagreements with Bola Tinubu and the state governor.
When speaking about the situation on Channels TV, Adeleke said that he had never seen Aregbesola before the election.
He did, however, acknowledge that some of the minister’s allies contributed to his election as governor.
Adeleke said, “I did not work with Aregbesola, I did not even speak to him, but I know some APC members and his allies that joined us. I can’t tell whether Aregbesola asked his associates to support me or not because I never had a conversation with him.”
The governor-elect when asked to assess the election said, “it is not easy to defeat an incumbent anywhere in the world.”
