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KNOW YOUR POLITICIANS - Rauf Aregbesola

Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola

Rauf Aregbesola was born on May 25, 1957. He attended the Polytechnic, Ibadan and belongs to the All Progressives Congress. He is the current Governor of the State of Osun.

Aregbesola is a Nigerian politician who ran for governor of the State of Osun in the 2007 elections. Although the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) candidate Olagunsoye Oyinlola was declared the winner, Aregbesola appealed the decision and on 26 November, 2010, was declared the winner.

Aregbesola was formerly an activist. He was Lagos State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure when he ran for election in April 2007, on the Action Congress Political platform. The Appeal Court, Ibadan, finally, declared Aregbesola the winner of the 2007 election, ordering that he be sworn in as governor by noon on 27 November 2010.

He sought reelection for a second term on the platform of the All Progressives Congress on the 9th of August,2014, contesting against Sen. Iyiola Omisore of the People's Democratic Party and Akinbade of the Labour Party. Having satisfied the requirement of the Law and scored the highest number of votes. He was declared the winner of the August 9th, 2014 election and returned elected for another term of 4years.