Osun 2026: NNPP woos Aregbesola

Osun State chapter of New Nigeria Peoples Party, on Wednesday, declared readiness to obtain ex-governor, Rauf Aregbesola, and his supporters to its fold, because the race for the 2026 governorship ballot within the state good points momentum.

Aregbesola and his supporters within the Omoluabi Progressives on Sunday introduced their exit from All Progressives Congress.

The group, in an announcement signed by its Organising Secretary, Oluwaseun Abosede, listed ostracisation, suspension and expulsion of the tendency’s leaders with out a honest listening to, and steady denigration of the construction, amongst others, as among the infractions towards it by the mainstream management of APC.

Omoluabi Progressives subsequently hinted on the readiness of the group to affix any political occasion with progressive ideology, by which the state could be one of the best reference level among the many comity of states in Nigeria.

Welcoming the problem to have Aregbesola and his males in NNPP, Osun State Chairman of the occasion, Tosin Odeyemi, in a launch obtained in Osogbo, stated his occasion have all of the attributes listed by Aregbesola’s males, urging them to contemplate teaming up with it.

“NNPP has confirmed to Nigerians that it has the capability of correcting wrongs in Nigeria’s system of governance, utilizing the pro-people strategy to governance adopted by the incumbent Governor of Kano State, Abba Kabir Yusuf, for example.

“Osun’s historical past is not going to be full, with out distinguished point out of Aregbesola’s contributions. That’s the reason the mainstream APC can’t cease blaming Aregbesola for its failure to retain energy in 2022, having realised the large affect he wields within the state political house.

“No one can say Ogbeni Aregbesola is a political legal responsibility in Osun. He’s an asset, little question about that. Even his former political household is aware of the reality. They’re solely shying away from it, in any other case, they wouldn’t have been shouting round that he prompted their downfall through the 2022 gubernatorial election.

“I’m utilizing this chance to attraction to Aregbesola to contemplate becoming a member of our nice occasion, NNPP. Osun state is within the state of quagmire presently, we want a constructive drive to reclaim it. Having Aregbesola in Osun NNPP, little question may even increase the occasion’s probabilities through the 2027 normal election in Nigeria,” Odeyemi stated.

He continued, “Our concepts are the identical. All of us like to see the plenty blissful and residing comfortably. We are able to do it collectively in Osun come 2026 and the historical past will certainly be sort to us all. Due to this fact, with open arms, I want to woo Ogbeni Aregbesola and his group to NNPP for a affluent Osun.”