Following the dismal performance of the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, a pressure group, Movement for Transparency in Governance (MTG) has enjoined President Muhammadu Buhari to relieve the minister of his appointment as a consequence of the deteriorating security situation in Nigeria since he assumed office several years ago.
In a statement in Abuja by the National Coordinator, Mallam Mohammed Sanusi and Otunba Kamurdeen Ajasa, National Secretary, the duo lamented that the Minister of Interior’s continued stay in office is detrimental to President Muhammadu Buhari’s strident campaign to enhance peace and security in Nigeria.
They added that the incessant jail breaks across the the country have unleashed hardened criminals into the Nigerian society who commit armed robbery, kidnapping, banditry and other heinous crimes. MTG condemned the atrocious corruption in the Ministry of Interior and its agencies, alleging that Rauf Aregbesola and his son have allegedly cornered all the contracts in the Federal Fire Service, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and Nigerian Correctional Service, thereby subverting the President’s campaign against corruption. Furthermore, the group chided the minister for his awkward, repugnant show of shame in Osogbo, culminating in the scuffle between the officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service, the NSCDC and the Police, noting that this invidious conduct has made Nigeria a laughing stock and exacerbated the frosty relationship between the agencies in the Ministry of Interior. The MTG executives entreated President Buhari to throw the minister out from his cabinet.
Continuing, the duo lambasted Ogbeni Aregbesola for threatening to challenge the recent Osun governorship primaries, saying that “the Osun APC governorship primaries were certified free and fair by INEC and the election observers.
The group also demanded that the All Progressives Congress (APC) should sanction the minister for his subversive and anti-party activities, stating that at a time the APC was rallying its members to close ranks, Aregbesola is stoking the fire of disunity in the party. Speaking further, the duo berated the former governor for being disloyal to his benefactor, who raised him from the dust as a hotel supervisor to commissioner in Lagos State, Osun State governor for eight years and currently minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The group further denounced the minister for being used by sinister forces to undermine the clamour for southern presidency in 2023.
Concluding, the group beseeched Aregbesola to embrace peace and respect the wishes of party members who overwhelmingly nominated Governor Gboyega Oyetola as the APC governorship candidate for the forthcoming governorship election in Osun State.
