Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun state says he has been vindicated for introducing callisthenics to schools in the state.

The governor spoke at the Osogbo Township Stadium over the weekend during his administration’s 7th year anniversary.

According to him, he was accused of giving military training to school children when he introduced the sports in 2012.

“When we introduced Calisthenics into Osun, the opposition, for the strangest and most ridiculous reason, raised an alarm, nudged the security agencies and asked that it be scrapped,” the governor said.

“They wrongly accused us of using callisthenics as a cover for giving military training to the youth as a prelude to seceding from Nigeria.

He also said, “How could any sane person allege that teaching children to hold flags and bend their bodies amount to military training?

“At any rate, the training was done in the open, in the presence of parents, teachers, other children and interested members of the public.”