Family, friends, and well-wishers flocked to Lagos and Osun yesterday to pray and celebrate the 65th birthday of Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.
Former Commissioner for Home Affairs and Culture, Tourism, Osun State, Prince Adetona Sikiru Ayedun, speaking in Lagos, one of the celebration locations, said they were in the state to celebrate the birthday of their mentor, benefactor, and trailblazer, Aregbesola.
“The man we are honouring today is a great mentor, a politician, and a core activist, and we are all politicians who have benefited greatly from his ocean of wisdom and benevolence,” Ayedun said. Our purpose in gathering here is to honour him, God’s presence in his life, and his entire family.”
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Alhaji Rafiu Olorunwa, the former Lagos State Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), said: “We are here to celebrate our mentor and leader, Ogbeni Rafiu Aregbesola, who is 65 years old.”
“By culture, whether towards election period or not, that should not stop one celebrating with someone that is celebrating, because Aregbeshola, who we are celebrating, is a man of honour and he deserves more than this that we have shown to him,” said Olorunwa, who believes politics should not prevent people from celebrating with someone who deserves to be celebrated.
“There is no way to describe him in such a way that you would not want to meet him.” He is a man who puts his trust in God, knowing that nothing can happen without God’s permission, and he is generous and a firm believer in humanity over political activities.”
Babatunde Olaoluwa, another ardent supporter of the minister, urged everyone to work with the party leadership to ensure a peaceful primary election, saying, “People are busy right now because the primary election is around the corner.” Our advice to everyone is to follow the rules and the directives of the party’s leadership because they see things better and know more.
“Their advice will be very valuable to us, so I am appealing to everyone that leadership must not be dragged through the mud, and that is Aregbesola’s and our belief as well.”
“This is not a political gathering, but a gathering to commemorate his birthday and say a prayer for him, for God permitting him to exist for 65 years on earth, and so, it is very necessary to give glory to the almighty, and that is exactly what we have come to do here,” he said.
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“The man is not here, but the same programme is ongoing in Osogbo, which is the main one, but this is for us who have his love at heart, and he has no knowledge of this programme here; he is in Abuja attending a Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, but because of our love for him and our faith in God almighty, there is no one else we can call upon except God, and that is why we gathered here to praise and pray to God on his
