The breakup was long anticipated, thus it was not surprising when news broke last week that RaufAregbesola, former governor of Osun State, would be working with the AtikuAbubakar-led coalition with the aim of unseating President Bola Tinubu in 2027.
Aregbesola led his Omoluabi Progressives in January, a political group said to have large followership in Lagos and Osun states out of the Osun State All Progressives Congress (APC). A few years back, such stories would have seemed like a mere fairy tale.
While the real reason for the sudden breakup between the godfather and godson is still shrouded in secrecy, the genesis of their relationship which started in 1999, and how it hugely benefited the godson have been told countlessly.