APC Suspends Ex-Minister Aregbesola for Anti-Celebration Activities

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended former Internal Minister Rauf Aregbesola. The suspension follows allegations of anti-occasion activities, including public criticism of President Bola Tinubu and assorted senior figures for the duration of the occasion.

Aregbesola, who also served two terms as Governor, had brazenly adverse the re-election of his successor, Adegoyega Oyetola, and used to be reported to maintain allied with opposition forces all the procedure throughout the 2022 Osun governorship and 2023 general elections.

In 2022, Aregbesola’s unfavorable comments about occasion leaders, including a prayer in opposition to them, obtained standard condemnation. A disciplinary committee from his local APC chapter in Ifofin, Ilesa, investigated these actions and confirmed his anti-occasion activities.

A formal letter from the APC, dated October 24, 2024, outlined six prices in opposition to Aregbesola, including rising splinter teams for the duration of the occasion, taking part with opposition events, and publicly criticising occasion leadership. The letter, addressed to APC’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, confirmed his suspension pending extra investigation. 

The APC has home up a disciplinary committee to maintain a study deeper into these allegations and to invent Aregbesola a possibility to answer the prices laid in opposition to him.