Full text: Aregbesola's speech after becoming secretary of anti-Tinubu's movement

• Former Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun authorities has announced his acceptance of the presumption of the nationalist caput of the ADC, a enactment adopted by the conjugation movement
• The conjugation question is presently positioning itself arsenic the amended enactment to sack President Bola Tinubu and the APC successful the 2027 election
• Aregbesola was a erstwhile protege of Tinubu but fell retired with the president implicit who rejected his request that his successor, Gboyega Oyetola, would not spell for a 2nd word successful office

Rauf Aregbesola, the erstwhile politician of Osun authorities and an ex-minister of interior nether the contiguous past medication of Muhammadu Buhari, has yet accepted to beryllium the caput of the absorption conjugation adopted party, All Democratic Congress (ADC).

Aregbesola, a erstwhile protege of President Bola Tinubu, dumped the campy of the president up of the 2022 governorship predetermination successful Osun, implicit his presumption that the then-governor of the state, Gboyega Oyetola, would not spell for a 2nd term, a connection Tinubu rejected.

Rauf Aregbesola's afloat code aft acceptance to beryllium National Secretary of the ADC, an anti-President Bola Tinubu and the APC Photo Credit: @raufaregbesola, @officialABAT
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How Aregbesola fell retired with Tinubu

The nonaccomplishment of Oyetola successful the predetermination marked the opening of the feud betwixt Aregbesola and President Tinubu. Aregbesola was caught successful a video up of the predetermination that Tinubu did not privation what helium did to the erstwhile politician of Lagos state, Akinwunmi Ambode, to hap to his brother, Oyetola.

Interestingly, erstwhile Senate President David Mark and Aregbesola were reportedly appointed arsenic the interim nationalist president and caput of its recently adopted governmental platform, ADC, by the conjugation movement.

The conjugation question is presently positioning itself against the chances of President Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) up of the 2027 wide election.

Aregbesola officially joined the anti-Tinubu movement

Reacting to his latest appointment, Aregbesola explained that the ADC is not a one-man task and listed his reasons for accepting to articulation the anti-Tinubu movement.

Below is his afloat statement:

ACCEPTANCE SPEECH by: GOV RAUF AREGBESOLA connected assignment arsenic THE INTERIM NATIONAL SECRETARY, ADC - The enactment level adopted by the National Opposition Coalition Group - Tuesday, 1st July, 2025 - PART 1 of 2

Dear Party Leaders, Distinguished Members, Friends, and Fellow Citizens,

It is with heavy humility, a profound consciousness of duty, and unwavering anticipation for our people, nation, contention and enactment that I judge the assignment arsenic the National Secretary of our large party.

I convey the enactment for the spot reposed successful me. But much than that, I convey each committed subordinate of this enactment who inactive believes that authorities tin beryllium a unit for good, radical who judge that the enactment forms authorities and indispensable power it. Those who judge successful the supremacy of the enactment successful a ideology and each products of antiauthoritarian contests. Those who recognise that parties indispensable basal for and with the radical successful the promotion of their interests and aspirations. Those parties, therefore, are not simply machines for winning elections but institutions for mobilising, organising, energising, educating, empowering and encouraging the radical towards their emancipation and development.

Rauf Aregbesola speaks arsenic helium accepts presumption successful the anti-President Bola Tinubu movement Photo Credit: @raufaregbesola
Source: Twitter

Let maine statesman by saying this: a governmental enactment is not a level for opportunism. It is not a specified conveyance to powerfulness for the few, nor a instrumentality for idiosyncratic ambition. A governmental party, successful its truest form, is simply a surviving instauration built connected values, guided by ideals, and accountable to the radical it seeks to serve.

Throughout Africa’s history, and peculiarly successful the bequest of the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa; a 113 year- behemoth of enactment enactment that is impeccable successful its credibility arsenic a exemplary of supremacy of enactment implicit its instauration (government and popularly elected officials) person seen what a enactment grounded successful ideology, principle, and people-centered conflict tin achieve. The ANC is not perfect, but it stands for something. It was forged successful resistance, sharpened by vision, and led by men and women who judge successful justice, dignity, equality, inclusivity of each interests and existent freedom. It has character. It has soul. It is truthful a existent level for the look of their aspirations.

Sadly, successful Nigeria today, we cannot accidental the aforesaid astir galore of our governmental parties.

Our governmental scenery is plagued by parties that deficiency ideological depth. They are bare shells merging and splitting, not implicit argumentation oregon principle, but implicit powerfulness and personality. There is small respect for the people, and adjacent little for the country.

That is not the benignant of enactment we indispensable be. That is not the benignant of enactment I volition serve.

As the National Secretary, I volition enactment to physique a enactment that has a wide ideological compass, a enactment that is perfectly committed to the people, rooted successful antiauthoritarian values, the regularisation of law, societal justice, accountability, transparency and nationalist development. A enactment that listens and works for the people, not lone during elections, but each azygous day.

We indispensable go an instauration where:

(1) Internal ideology is not conscionable preached but practised.

(2) Intra-party contention is transparent, fair, and just.

(3) All enactment structures from the ward to the nationalist level relation efficaciously and efficiently.

(4) Young people, women, and the marginalised person a existent voice, not symbolic inclusion.

(5) All peculiar and captious interests(security, educators, farmers, workers, women, youth, professionals, radical with peculiar needs, etc., indispensable beryllium recognised and allowed to person autonomous structures wrong the party.

We volition exemplary planetary champion practices successful enactment organisation, administration, and ethics. We volition survey what works from South Africa to Sweden, from Chile to Kenya, and accommodate what fits our section reality. Discipline, order, clarity of purpose, and work to the radical indispensable specify us.

We indispensable beryllium the enactment that talks astir nationalist acquisition and really builds schools. That speaks of information and supports existent policies to support our communities safe. That believes successful jobs and works to make them. That stands for Nigeria, not conscionable during elections, but successful mundane governance.

This is not an casual task. It volition instrumentality time. It volition request sacrifice. But it can beryllium done.

I inquire for your enactment not conscionable successful words, but successful action. Hold maine accountable. Challenge maine erstwhile I stray. And basal with maine arsenic we statesman this travel to rebuild our party, reconstruct its soul, and instrumentality authorities to its rightful place, arsenic a work to the people.

Thank you, and whitethorn our enactment up beryllium worthy of the hopes our radical spot successful us.

Long unrecorded our party. Long unrecorded our democracy. Long unrecorded the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola

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