Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola has denied ever slapping his deputy, Mrs. Grace Tomori, stressing that the rumor was aimed at causing disaffection capable of destabilising the state.
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The governor said a cordial relationship exists between the two of them.
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He added that "I have never beaten anybody in my life. In fact, I don't beat my children, let alone beating any other person. More so, the Deputy Governor is older than me, so how do I beat an elderly person."
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Governor Aregbesola, who spoke during a seven hour live programme tagged 'Ogbeni till day break,' weekend, maintained: "I don't have any quarrel with my Deputy, and I can't have any with her because I intentionally chose her and no one choose her for me.
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"I think I can work with her and that is why I chose her. So, no differences exist between us."