Rauf Aregbesola, the National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has said he has remained faithful to his wife, Sherifat, since their marriage.
Aregbesola was said to have made the statement while speaking to party supporters at a recent ADC rally in Ejigbo Local Government Area of Osun State ahead of the August 15 governorship election.
Speaking in Yoruba, the former Osun State governor linked his claim of marital fidelity to his religious conviction, saying it was part of a personal promise he had made before God.
He said he was devoted to God alone and said very few men could say that.
Aregbesola told supporters that he had based his personal conduct on a prayer on the party’s political ambition in the state.
O Lord my God, if I serve thee, And have not added to it. “I never had any intimacy with another woman since I married my wife, because of your fear,” he said, “what I am about to say, only a few men can say it.
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The former governor said he was confident about the ADC chances in the election.
“I said to God, ‘Next June, we have to do it at the Government House,’” he added.
The Osun governorship election will hold on Saturday, August 15, 2026. Incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party (A) is running for re-election.
He is up against Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Najeem Folasayo Salaam of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), among other candidates.
Aregbesola, a former governor of Osun on the APC platform, has been campaigning for the ADC ahead of the poll.