Osun State governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, has praised the virtues of
former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, describing him as a man whom
every Yoruba man must be proud of.
Governor Aregbesola, who gave
the commendation in Osogbo, on Monday, when he led a delegation of Owu
Foundation to the governor’s office, said the state government held the
former president in high esteem, a reason he was accorded the honour he
rightly deserved by being asked to unveil the statue of late Bola Ige
erected at the entrance to the governor’s office.
According to
the governor, “It is not for nothing that Chief Obasanjo is a Yoruba
person. As a Yoruba man, we must be proud of his achievements.
Governor
Aregbesola said that once the powers that be recognise in the Yoruba
people a lover of federalism and freedom, they would find the Yoruba the
best of people to befriend and be with.
He averred that to
subdue a people who want to be free would always breed chaos as Yoruba
people always stopped at nothing to resist losing their freedom and
autonomy.
He said: “Yoruba thrive on federalism. What I want the
country to know is the fact that as far as our autonomy and freedom are
recognized, we could be the best any people could have as neighbors.”
Former
president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, had on Monday, stormed Osun State
in a visit to Governor Aregbesola’s office to commission the bust of
former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice the
late Chief Bola Ige, which was erected in front of the governor’s
office, Osogbo.
The visit, which took political class and cross
section of the people in the state by surprise attracted a crowd who
struggled to catch a glimpse of the former president and ascertain his
mission in the state governed by Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN)-led
administration of Aregbesola.
Donning light green guinea brocade
with a cap to match, Obasanjo who also led a high-powered delegation of
Owu Development Foundation to the governor told his host that, “You have
successfully ambushed me.”
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