PHOTOS: Ooni, Alaafin of Oyo wade into a rift between Tinubu, Aregbesola

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi,  and the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, on Tuesday, met with the former governor of Osun State and current Minister of Interior,  Rauf Aregbesola in Ibadan, Oyo State capital.

The meeting is coming ahead of the expected reconciliation between Aregbesola and the National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

Newsflash Nigeria understands that Aregbesola met with the high-ranking Yoruba monarchs at one of the private residences of the Alaafin in Ibadan.

The meeting, which lasted about two hours had the trio in attendance as a first step towards finding a lasting reconciliation between the two politicians.

After consultations, the leaders agreed to move to the next stage of the meeting which will be held at a later date.

The truce was arranged by stakeholders in the overall interest of the Yoruba and the APC ahead of the Osun State governorship election and 2023 presidential poll.

Tinubu has expressed his interest in vying for the highest office in the land, but first, he has to secure the ticket of the APC.

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Over the past few years, Tinubu and Aregbesola have been at loggerheads — a feud that worsened in the build-up to the Osun APC primary election.

A source in the know told Newsflash Nigeria that the crisis resulted from the failure on the part of Aregbesola’s men to adhere to an agreement he (Aregbesola) reached with Governor Oyetola over appointments into his (Oyetola) cabinet as commissioners.

He blamed the crisis on Aregbesola’s foot-soldiers who are aggrieved that they were not appointed into the cabinet.

According to him, they believed they were to be appointed into the cabinet automatically.

According to the source: “Unknown to them, there was an understanding between Aregbesola and Oyetola that anybody that has served as commissioner twice will not have the opportunity to serve under Oyetola, but if you have served as commissioner once or special adviser ones, you can still be given the chance.”

Newsflash Nigeria had reported that Aregbesola drew a battle line with those he termed as betrayers of his trust in the state and the APC.

Aregbesola who on Monday, February 14, in Ijebu Jesa spoke with members of the APC ahead of the primary for the Osun governorship election accused party bigwigs like Tinubu and one of his predecessors, Bisi Akande, of godfatherism.

The minister claimed that the duo foisted his successor, Gboyega Oyetola, on the people of the state against their collective will.

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