PICTORIAL: Aregbesola Hosts, Prays For Man Who Attempted His Assassination In 2006

Former Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Sunday, hosted one Sikiru Olaboye, one of the men he said made an attempt to assassinate him in 2006 prior to his election as governor of Osun State.

Aregbesola, who is a two-time governor of Osun State from 2010 to 2018, said on his verified Facebook page that Mr. Olaboye had in 2006, alongside others, planned to kill him during the Oroki Day Celebration in Osogbo, the state capital.

The former governor who shared photos from the Sunday event and those showing his bullet-ridden vehicle in 2006, said he was informed that Olaboye called a radio station few weeks ago where he sought his forgiveness.

“Earlier today, I received Sikiru Olaboye, one of the men who attempted to assassinate me during the 2006 Oroki Day Celebration in Osogbo.

“I was informed that he called into a local radio station in Osogbo a few weeks ago to seek my forgiveness,” Aregbesola disclosed.

He added that in the course of praying for Olaboye, he assured that he bore no further grudges against him, and sought no revenge after God spared his life from the attack.

“Today (Sunday), while praying for him, I assured him that I hold no grudges against him or anyone else involved. I neither harboured resentment nor sought revenge after God spared me from that attack.

“It is God alone who has the power to forgive all our shortcomings. As His servants, I pray that He forgives both his and mine, Aamen!,” the former minister said.

LEADERSHIP recalls that the Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) last week expelled Aregbesola, a former strong ally of President Bola Tinubu, from the party, citing anti-party activities.

The Omoluabi Progressives (TOP), a group of Aregbesola’s loyalists had prior to their principal’s expulsion from the APC, announced that they were pulling out of the party.

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