February 19, (THEWILL) – The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has lost his ward to Gboyega Oyetola, the incumbent governor of Osun, at the ongoing governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Aregbesola, who was absent, lost his Ward 8, Ifofin in Ilesa East Local Government to Oyetola on Saturday.
While Oyetola polled 309 votes, Moshood Adeoti, Aregbesola’s anointed aspirant, scored 146 votes.
The leader of Aregbesola loyalists at the ward, Saheed Adegoke, who confirmed the development, said the Minister was not around to vote due to an assignment from the President
He said, “We concluded (voting), but it is unfortunate that the process did not go smoothly. They brought a party register that was not the original. I supervised the registration and I told those that brought the register that it was not the original.
“So people that are supporting us, we could not find their names in the register. I told them the list has been doctored, but they did not listen to me. When they wanted to count, they said those that voted for Oyetola are over 300 and when they counted those that voted for us up to 146, they disrupted the exercise and said they should not count again.
“They didn’t bring the result sheet. They just packed their papers and ran away. This is ward of Hon Minister, Rauf Aregbesola. I was told when I asked about his whereabouts that Ogbeni went on official assignment. He was not around.”
