The former Governor of Osun State and Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has reacted to the alleged plan to assassinate him in Osogbo, Osun State on Monday.
According to the All Progressives Congress chieftain, the gunmen attacked his convoy as he approached Old Garage junction in Osogbo before his security personnel responded to the attack.
Aregbesola in a statement released through his media aide, Sola Fasure, said the sponsors of the attack have resorted to damaging his image after failing to achieve their mission.
The Osun State former Governor accused the state government of planning to cause chaos during the governorship primary of the APC in the state.
The statement reads, “Having failed to achieve their mission of killing the minister on Monday, the sponsors of the evil plot have now resorted to smearing his name, hoping to achieve through the back door, what they can’t get fairly on the field.
The Minister, just like other Nigerians, also has the democratic right of association as enshrined in our constitution. This, in our opinion, doesn’t deserve the murder of any Nigerian, talk-less of a serving minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The State Government of Osun, in particular, has mounted a campaign of calumny against the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) because they were providing security for some citizens in Osun while they hold meetings and warded off attacks against them.”
