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How Aregbesola’s Influence Will Determine Osun 2026 – Omoluabi Spokesperson

ByYusuf Oketola

PublishedJuly 4, 2025

Berates Senator Husain Over Defection Claim
Says He Benefitted Immensely From Aregbesola’s Political Fanbase

The Publicity and Organising Secretary of Omoluabi Progressives, Comrade Abosede Oluwaseun has posited that the influence and popularity of former governor and the interim National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola would be a major determinat to who become the governor of Osun in 2026.

Oluwaseun explained that the Aregbesola system remains the party to beat in Osun, saying his body language will determine the wish of the people.

“Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola system is the party to beat in Osun and wherever he is in Nigeria, his body language is what will determine the wish of the people because he aligned with the people, he is with them and he has always done everything in the interest of the people,” he said.

The spokesperson stated this in an exclusive interview with OSUN DEFENDER yesterday.

Speaking on the activities of the Omoluabi Progressives, Oluwaseun asserted that the group is making necessary steps to gather people, organise and ready not to be caught unaware, adding that they are aligning with other political interests and school of thought that have the interest of Osun and Nigeria as a whole.

He said, “We are doing what we suppose to do to gather people, organise and be ready not be caught unaware. We have told people severally the swelling numbers of people that have registered for Omoluabi Progressives already. We can tell you that we are ready, we are not lagging behind in anything and at the appropriate time we are going to spring up.

“Regarding the issue of coalition, we can boldly say we are aligning with other political interests and school of thought progressively that have the interest of Osun and Nigeria as a whole. You can see the caliber of people in our new party and the role given to our leader and mentor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola. Going by what is happening in the country today, people are not happy, the are not contended and willing to just fold their arms and allow their destiny further plunged deeper into the oblivion. A lot of people are organising progressively in Nigeria to ensure they a good government come 2026 and 2027 in Nigeria.

“All plans have been concluded by our leaders to ensure that we establish a good political base that is going to enthrone the government of the people which the people are yearning for which will be put there by the people in the interest of the people and for the benefit of the labour force.”

Commenting on the recent defection of some people claimed to be members of the Omoluabi Progressives in Ejigbo to the All Progressives Congress (APC), Oluwaseun faulted the story, saying Senator Mudashiru Husain who received them is one of those who benefited immensely from the large political fanbase of Aregbesola.

“Recently, I watched a clip of Senator Mudashiru Hussain. You will recall that he was one of us in the past. He was one of those who benefitted massively from the large political fan base of Ogbeni Aregbesola. Under Aregbesola’s APC, he became a commissioner, a senator and Aregbesola facilitated how he became National Population Commission (NPC) Commissioner in Abuja.

“But at a point in time, he felt that he cannot stay put without earning food from a political structure. You know there are some people that their interest and loyalty lies where they are eating and the moment they felt that the source of the food is drying up from Rauf Aregbesola’s system, they jumped off the ship to the other camp. These are the people that have no homebase fans on their own. He is from Ejigbo, we know what has always happening in the area we know how it has always been done and how we have been doing it and since he has jumped the ship, he came out few days ago to be flaunting imaginary people that he cannot even mention their names.

“When you say people decamped from a political party to another, you should showcase them, mention their names and let us know their track record. But we are not surprised because we understood the antics of people like him. People that have no home fan home home-based but they want to buy into the current political system.

“He wants to impress his pay master, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola to ensure that he get his loot from whatever largess they are sharing and that is why he is going around to make unfounded claims saying members of Omoluabi Progressives are joining him. People that he cannot show. We are not going to dwell on that anyway. We are not convinced and not bothered by the antics of people that are nowhere to be found. We will continue to mobilise and at the appropriate time, the people that he has is going to give it to those he wants to give it to.

“Regarding the agenda of Omoluabi progressives in Osun, you will recall that we are under the banner of Aregbesola who is now the interim National Secretary of ADC. What we have done before is a testament to what we are still going to do in this new party. You will recollect that the theme that Ogbeni used in given Osun a facelift from a glorified town to an urban centre. Those things are still with him. His six integral agenda are still there to banish and eradicate hunger and poverty, to improve on security, to ensure the children of the half and half not are able to attend same school to the glory of the future of Osun State and to ensure that the economic of the state never go down and to close the gap between the rich and the poor.

“These are many things and more we have on board that we want to do for the masses of Osun State and as event unfolds, we are going to unveil our agenda one by one. I wish to implore the people of Osun State to look very well. They have tasted what PDP was in the past and they are witnessing same now. They have also tasted what APC has to offer in the 8 years of Aregbesola, how we turned Osun around and impacted positively in the lives of the people and all aspects of Osun State.”

Yusuf Oketola

Yusuf Oketola is a trained journalist with over five years of experience in the media industry. He has worked for both print and online medium. He is a thorough-bred professional with an eye of hindsight on issues bothering on social justice, purposeful leadership, and a society where the leaders charge and work for the prosperity of the people.