{"id":153725,"date":"2025-03-03T11:28:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T10:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/aregbesola-will-never-injure-me-adeyeye-reveals-tinubus-comment-during-meeting"},"modified":"2025-03-10T00:42:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T23:42:30","slug":"aregbesola-will-never-injure-me-adeyeye-reveals-tinubus-comment-during-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/aregbesola-will-never-injure-me-adeyeye-reveals-tinubus-comment-during-meeting","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Aregbesola will never injure me\u2019 \u2013 Adeyeye reveals Tinubu\u2019s comment during meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Prof. Olusola Adeyeye, a former federal lawmaker and elder statesman in Osun State, has said that he has made multiple attempts to mend the relationship between President Tinubu and former Governor and Minister, Rauf Aregbesola.<\/p>\n<p>Adeyeye, who expressed sadness over the sour relationship between the two old friends, suggested that all efforts to bring them to the table has proven abortive.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on Channels Television\u2019s Sunday Politics, the former lawmaker revealed that Tinubu trusted Aregbesola with his life while the former Governor believed so much in him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt makes me sad that things are not working out between Aregbesola and Tinubu. [I\u2019ve said it before that] if you want to get between Aregbesola and Tinubu you\u2019ll fail,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were so close. I was at a meeting in which Tinubu said: if you see me sleeping and you see Rauf coming with a dagar or a knife, don\u2019t wake me up, Rauf will never injure me\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Rauf, the entity in the universe bigger than Tinubu was God. So, I never knew what happened between them. But I have the feeling that what happened between them was Rauf thinking that Tinubu sided his own brother against him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI tried my best to settle them. I tried my very best. Let me tell you, power can be a terrible thing. It is treacherous in Nigeria. I seek nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who know me know&#8230;I\u2019ve been long in politics before Tinubu and Aregbesola&#8230;only God elevates&#8230; if the two of them wants to settle, it\u2019s not impossible but I\u2019ve attempted in the past, not once, not twice, severally,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Prof. Olusola Adeyeye, a former federal lawmaker and elder statesman in Osun State, has said that he has made multiple attempts to mend the relationship between President Tinubu and former Governor and Minister, Rauf Aregbesola. 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