VIDEO: I governed Osun for eight years without owning a house – Aregbesola
July 23, 2026 1:06 pm
Former Minister of Interior of Nigeria. Rauf Aregbesola
The National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress, Rauf Aregbesola, has claimed he is the first governor in Nigeria’s history to govern a state for eight years without owning a personal house.
Aregbesola, a former governor of Osun State and former Minister of Interior, made the assertion while addressing his supporters in a video which started trending online on Thursday.
According to him, he lived in a friend’s house throughout his tenure as governor.
“I’m the first governor in Nigeria to rule a state for eight years without owning a house of my own,” he said.
The former governor added, “I stayed in my friend’s house for eight years as a governor in my father’s land. Whoever says that what I’m saying is not true should come out and show me the house I own.”
Aregbesola served as governor of Osun State from 2010 to 2018 before he was appointed Minister of Interior under the administration of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari.
During his time in office, he pursued policies aimed at reducing poverty, unemployment and hunger, while promoting education, healthcare, peace and community development.
Watch the video below:
𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎: 𝐈 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐬𝐮𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐎𝐰𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 – 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚
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