Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, and Lamidi Adeyemi, the
Alaafin of Oyo, met with Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior, on Tuesday.
The meeting is connected to the expected reconciliation
between Aregbesola and Bola Tinubu, a chieftain of the All Progressives
Congress (APC).
Aregbesola met with the high-ranking Yoruba monarchs at one
of the private residences of the Alaafin.
Over the past few years, Tinubu and Aregbesola have been at
loggerheads — a feud that worsened in the build-up to the Osun APC governorship
primary election.
According to an insider in the Oyo monarch’s palace, the
meeting was convened to put an end to the acrimony between the politicians who
had enjoyed a cordial political relationship since 1999.
The source said both parties are keen on setting aside their
differences in the interest of Osun state and the south-west.
“Calls from all well-meaning persons of influence across
political and religious circuits on Tinubu and Aregbesola to tow the path of
peace and reconcile appear to be yielding positive results with the meeting
called by these high ranking monarchs and the attendance of the meeting by
Aregbesola,” the source said.
“As things unfold, it
appears that the needed peace and harmony is beginning to return to the
progressive fold and the APC in the south-west will get even stronger ahead of
the Osun election.”
The reunion of the one-time “political brothers” is expected
to be witnessed by south-west traditional rulers and prominent members of the
Muslim community.
In June 2020, the relationship between the duo had turned
sour — but they both denied the report.
The rift began in May 2020, when Aregbesola arbitrarily
revamped the Mandate Group — a core of Tinubu’s loyalists — and usurped the
closely-knitted caucus for individuals he could trust.
On February 14, 2022, Aregbesola, while speaking at Oriade
LGA of Osun, aimed a shot at Tinubu, saying the former Lagos governor was
exalted “beyond his status and he turned himself to a god over us”.
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