Elisha Abbo, senator representing
Adamawa north, on Monday narrated how Rauf Aregbesola, ministerial nominee from
Osun state, gave him his one-month salary to contest the chairmanship election
in his hometown in 2012.
Speaking on Monday during the
screening of ministerial nominees at the senate, Abbo said Aregbesola showed
him kindness seven years back and providence has now made it possible for him
to be among those screening the nominee.
He described the former governor
of Osun as a “detribalised, honest Nigerian” and asked the senate to extend the
respect accorded to ex-lawmakers to Aregbesola.
“I want to join my colleagues
from Osun and the entire south-west to extol the virtue of this great
Nigerian,” he said.
“I remember in 2012 when I contested
for the chairmanship of my local government as a very tiny young man; I visited
you in GRA, Ikeja in your house. I never knew you and you asked me to come in
and I explained my problems and you told me to come to the government house and
meet you.
“When I got there, I thought I
would stay there for three days without seeing you. I filled a form, you saw my
name and ushered me into your office upstairs and you gave me the whole of your
salary that month to go to Adamawa and contest election.
“Today, to the grace of God, I am
one of the people confirming your nomination. I want to enjoin my colleagues to
please allow this detrabilised, honest Nigerian to take a bow and go and also
ask of Mr President of Nigeria to give you a very big ministry. God bless you,
sir.”
In his response, Aregbesola said
he could not recollect the encounter but commended Abbo for sharing it
publicly.
He said he owed such gesture to
Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), “who
groomed me well”.
Abbo, the youngest senator in
Nigeria, was in the news two months ago when a video of him assaulting a
nursing mother at a sex toy shop in Abuja went viral.
He is being investigated by the
senate.
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