{"id":59255,"date":"2025-01-09T09:22:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T09:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=59255"},"modified":"2025-01-09T09:22:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T09:22:00","slug":"i-was-betrayed-former-oyo-deputy-governor-breaks-silence-on-impeachment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/09\/i-was-betrayed-former-oyo-deputy-governor-breaks-silence-on-impeachment\/","title":{"rendered":"I Was Betrayed!&#8221;: Former Oyo Deputy Governor Breaks Silence on Impeachment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Gabriella Ogbu<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Former Oyo State Deputy Governor Rauf Olaniyan has finally spoken out about his dramatic July 18, 2022, impeachment, branding the process a &#8220;kangaroo&#8221; trial fueled by conspiracies within Governor Seyi Makinde\u2019s inner circle.<\/p>\n<p>In an explosive interview, Olaniyan admitted to &#8220;irreconcilable differences&#8221; with Makinde but insisted that his removal was orchestrated by political backstabbers who saw him as a threat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He knew I wasn\u2019t a bad man, but some people were determined to kick me out,&#8221; he revealed, adding that &#8220;Some even told me to my face!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Olaniyan, who was impeached over insubordination, gross misconduct, and financial impropriety, dismissed the allegations as fabricated excuses to tarnish his reputation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In this country, when you want to destroy someone, you first give them a bad name,&#8221; he said, rejecting claims of financial mismanagement, saying &#8220;It was never about money for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite his unceremonious exit, Olaniyan harbors no resentment toward Makinde.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have no regrets. I\u2019ve never spoken ill of him, and when we meet, I still show him respect,&#8221; he stated.<\/p>\n<p>His revelations expose the power struggles and betrayal that led to his downfall, offering a rare glimpse into the murky world of Oyo State politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Gabriella Ogbu Former Oyo State Deputy Governor Rauf Olaniyan has finally spoken out about his dramatic July 18, 2022, impeachment, branding the process a &#8220;kangaroo&#8221; trial fueled by conspiracies within Governor Seyi Makinde\u2019s inner circle. In an explosive interview, Olaniyan admitted to &#8220;irreconcilable differences&#8221; with Makinde but insisted that his removal was orchestrated by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":59256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59255"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59257,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59255\/revisions\/59257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}