Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola said that it is only God that knows who will succeed him after his expiration of his tenure in office.
Aregbesola, while responding to the request made by the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, in his palace on Thursday that the next governor should be from the town said that most major towns of the state are all also clamouring for the coveted seat but that only the Supreme Being can determine that.
The governor noted that the death of Senator Isiaka Adeleke was a pointer to the fact that the will of God is the utmost decision maker for all men is supreme and divine.
His words: “All the towns I have visited in the state since my sojourn as governor and during this campaign except Ede, they have all called on me to make their indigenes Governor.
“But with the experience of Senator Adeleke, I cannot decide what will happen tomorrow (Friday) talk less of saying what will happen in 2018.
“Kabiyesi, I leave everything in the hands of God to decide,” Aregbesola stated.
Speaking earlier, Oba Akanbi, commended and appreciated Aregbesola for his magnanimity and generosity to the town particularly in the area of infrastructural development.
He, however, requested that the governor help to facilitate the reconstruction of the Osogbo/Iwo road.
Oba Akanbi alongside other royal fathers in Iwoland prayed for the success of the APC and its candidate, Senator Mudashiru Husain in the Saturday bye-election.
In his remarks, the state secretary of the APC, Hon Rasaq Salinsile explained that loyalty and acceptance of the party’s wish and decision materialised in the selection of Hussain for the Saturday’s polls.
He argued that the APC is a party of rules and regulations which determines the fate of every aspirant or candidate in elections.
Salinsile solicited the support of Iwo sons and daughters in actualising the return of Senator Husain to the Senate.
In the entourage of the governor were Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, Kebbi state governor, Atiku Bagudu, Former Senate Leader, Alli Ndume, APC state chairmen in Oyo, Borno and Osun.
Also present at the palace were the state deputy governor, Mrs Titi Laoye-Tomori, Members of the National and state assemblies, Secretary to the state government, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti, Chief of Staff, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola among others.
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