Rauf Aregebsola, Nigeria’s minister of interior and former governor of Osun State has deleted a facebook post celebrating the victory of Senator Ademola Adeleke in Saturday’s governorship election.
The minister who had wrote in a cryptic message posted on his verified facebook page that Osun is victorious shortly Adeleke, candidate of the PDP, was declared winner, has claimed that the post was unauthorised.
Adeleke defeated Gboyega Oyetola, the APC candidate and incumbent governor.
The minister had been at loggerheads with Oyetola and opposed the governor’s re-election bid.
Consequently fractioning the APC in Osun into two factions — one loyal to Aregbesola while the other supports Oyetola.
Reacting to the APC loss in Osun, Aregbesola quoted chapter four, verse 17 of the book of Daniel. The minister wrote that “the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will”.
“Osun Le Tente,” the post read.
“‘This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.’- (Daniel 4:17).”
A few hours later, however, the minister distanced himself from the posts, describing them as “unauthorised messages”.
He then added that the messages have been deleted and advised the public to ignore the posts.
“Ignore unauthorised message posted on Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola’s social media pages,” the tweet on the minister’s verified Twitter handle read.
“It has come to the attention of the media office of the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, that an unauthorised message was posted on his Verified Twitter & Facebook pages at about 8:00 am on Sunday 17th July, 2022. The unauthorised messages have now been deleted. Members of the public, especially the media, are advised to ignore!”