Anxiety as Aregbesola, Najeem Salam, APC Chair Meet in Lagos, On West Agenda I stand, says Speaker

By Segun Adejumo

Anxiety pervaded the atmosphere in the state of Osun when the news filtered into the air that Governor Rauf Aregbesola, Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Hon Najeem Salam, who is a governorship aspirant and the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prince Gboyega Famodun held a meeting today in Lagos.

L-R: Speaker, Osun state House of Assembly, Lagos State Governor, Akinwumi Ambode, Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun state and APC Chairman in Osun, Prince Gboyega Famodun in pix after the meeting

CityMirrorNews gathered that the meeting was called at the instance of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

Sources privy to the meeting disclosed that it was called to persuade Salam to step down from the governorship race.

Few minute after the meeting ended, Aregbesola twitted a picture taken with Lagos State Governor. Akinwumi Ambode, Salam and Famodun on his twitter handle with a caption: “I was in Lagos today to meet with Governor Akinwumi Ambode. Very successful deliberation.”

Confirming the report on the meeting, Salam wrote on his facebook account: “No Retreat, No Surrender: On West Agenda I stand.”

Salam’s facebook post eased the tension that had gripped supporters of the speaker and those clamouring for Osun West to produce Aregbesola’s successor, who had thought Salam had compromised.