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The major reason the Osun State governorship election drew massive media attention and public interest had little to do with the progress of the south-western state. Many people became interested because it was seen as a referendum on the administration of President Bola Tinubu and his All Progressives Congress (APC).

For many Nigerians, the election was an opportunity to send a direct message to the president about their dissatisfaction with his government, in case he had somehow missed the cries and complaints expressed across traditional and social media. Governor Ademola Adeleke joined the Accord Party after reportedly being blocked from joining the APC.

Nigerians rallied behind him because they saw the election as a prelude to the main event, the 2027 general election. Davido, the popular Nigerian singer, deployed his enormous social media influence to campaign for his uncle, Governor Ademola Adeleke, popularly known as the "Dancing Governor". Davido's online megaphone kept drawing media attention to Adeleke, and it worked remarkably well.

Governor Adeleke is a rare politician. He sold himself with his dance steps rather than his words. Politicians are salespeople. Their greatest tools are usually their voices and their ability to persuade. Adeleke, however, chose to endear himself to voters with his feet and body language.

While many found it entertaining, I saw it as a weakness that he cleverly masked. Nigerian politics, especially at the campaign stage, is often built on theatrics. It is a mudslinging festival and a circus show until power is won. Governor Adeleke would spend less time discussing his manifesto at campaign grounds and more time dancing. The crowd applauded, the videos went viral, and the strategy paid off. Job done.

When news of his controversial academic credentials resurfaced, I began to understand why the dancing was often more prominent than the talking. Many of his admirers point to his payment of salary arrears and pensions owed by previous administrations as evidence of good leadership.

But, in my view, does it take a genius to pay workers and retirees what they are rightfully owed? The standard by which public officials are assessed in Nigeria has become so low because of the general failure of leadership across the board. I was never a fan. That said, I did not believe the APC governorship candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, deserved my support either, largely because of his association with the ruling party at the national level. I therefore had no horse in the race and simply watched events unfold.

When Governor Adeleke was declared the winner, social media erupted in celebration. Many used the victory to taunt Tinubu, seeing it as a warning sign of what could happen in the 2027 presidential election. I was amazed by the scale of support Adeleke enjoyed.

But less than 24 hours after his victory, he delivered what many supporters considered their first shock. In a video statement, he pledged loyalty to Tinubu and promised to support the president's second-term bid in 2027. He was neither hiding nor pretending.

Adeleke would later travel to Abuja to meet Tinubu and some of his close political associates. Around the same period, Davido, who had frequently criticised the APC online for what he described as poor governance and economic hardship, was seen in the company of prominent APC figures. He prostrated before FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and was later photographed sitting comfortably with him.

The message appeared clear: we are together.

Many of Adeleke's newfound supporters suddenly went quiet. They had been played.

Adeleke's political camp, the Imole Campaign Council, has reportedly promised President Tinubu 1.5 million votes in the next election. Constitutionally, Adeleke only possesses one vote. But in Nigeria, such promises are often treated as achievable targets. You know how.

At an APC event yesterday, Governor Adeleke was introduced as a campaign coordinator in Osun State. He joyfully danced to the podium amid applause and cheers. Speakers described him as a happy man. I am not aware of any formal alliance between the APC and the Accord Party. Whether such an alliance exists or not appears secondary to Adeleke. Politics, like most things, often comes down to personal interest.

The ease with which Tinubu has been able to attract opposition politicians into openly supporting him while disregarding their own parties' candidates is a remarkable political phenomenon.

Should we applaud it? I am yet to decide.

My greatest hope is that those who become emotionally attached to politicians and their flowery promises learn a lesson from all of this. Politicians are often more united than their supporters realise. They are, as the saying goes, the same rat in different holes. Only the locations and formations change.

So, if you supported Adeleke against Tinubu and now find yourself watching them work together, there is no need to feel hurt or betrayed.

Just learn from it. Those who fail to learn from history eventually become victims of it.

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uche87:
The major reason the Osun State governorship election drew massive media attention and public interest had little to do with the progress of the south-western state. Many people became interested because it was seen as a referendum on the administration of President Bola Tinubu and his All Progressives Congress (APC).

For many Nigerians, the election was an opportunity to send a direct message to the president about their dissatisfaction with his government, in case he had somehow missed the cries and complaints expressed across traditional and social media. Governor Ademola Adeleke joined the Accord Party after reportedly being blocked from joining the APC.

Nigerians rallied behind him because they saw the election as a prelude to the main event, the 2027 general election. Davido, the popular Nigerian singer, deployed his enormous social media influence to campaign for his uncle, Governor Ademola Adeleke, popularly known as the "Dancing Governor". Davido's online megaphone kept drawing media attention to Adeleke, and it worked remarkably well.

Governor Adeleke is a rare politician. He sold himself with his dance steps rather than his words. Politicians are salespeople. Their greatest tools are usually their voices and their ability to persuade. Adeleke, however, chose to endear himself to voters with his feet and body language.

While many found it entertaining, I saw it as a weakness that he cleverly masked. Nigerian politics, especially at the campaign stage, is often built on theatrics. It is a mudslinging festival and a circus show until power is won. Governor Adeleke would spend less time discussing his manifesto at campaign grounds and more time dancing. The crowd applauded, the videos went viral, and the strategy paid off. Job done.

When news of his controversial academic credentials resurfaced, I began to understand why the dancing was often more prominent than the talking. Many of his admirers point to his payment of salary arrears and pensions owed by previous administrations as evidence of good leadership.

But, in my view, does it take a genius to pay workers and retirees what they are rightfully owed? The standard by which public officials are assessed in Nigeria has become so low because of the general failure of leadership across the board. I was never a fan. That said, I did not believe the APC governorship candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, deserved my support either, largely because of his association with the ruling party at the national level. I therefore had no horse in the race and simply watched events unfold.

When Governor Adeleke was declared the winner, social media erupted in celebration. Many used the victory to taunt Tinubu, seeing it as a warning sign of what could happen in the 2027 presidential election. I was amazed by the scale of support Adeleke enjoyed.

But less than 24 hours after his victory, he delivered what many supporters considered their first shock. In a video statement, he pledged loyalty to Tinubu and promised to support the president's second-term bid in 2027. He was neither hiding nor pretending.

Adeleke would later travel to Abuja to meet Tinubu and some of his close political associates. Around the same period, Davido, who had frequently criticised the APC online for what he described as poor governance and economic hardship, was seen in the company of prominent APC figures. He prostrated before FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and was later photographed sitting comfortably with him.

The message appeared clear: we are together.

Many of Adeleke's newfound supporters suddenly went quiet. They had been played.

Adeleke's political camp, the Imole Campaign Council, has reportedly promised President Tinubu 1.5 million votes in the next election. Constitutionally, Adeleke only possesses one vote. But in Nigeria, such promises are often treated as achievable targets. You know how.

At an APC event yesterday, Governor Adeleke was introduced as a campaign coordinator in Osun State. He joyfully danced to the podium amid applause and cheers. Speakers described him as a happy man. I am not aware of any formal alliance between the APC and the Accord Party. Whether such an alliance exists or not appears secondary to Adeleke. Politics, like most things, often comes down to personal interest.

The ease with which Tinubu has been able to attract opposition politicians into openly supporting him while disregarding their own parties' candidates is a remarkable political phenomenon.

Should we applaud it? I am yet to decide.

My greatest hope is that those who become emotionally attached to politicians and their flowery promises learn a lesson from all of this. Politicians are often more united than their supporters realise. They are, as the saying goes, the same rat in different holes. Only the locations and formations change.

So, if you supported Adeleke against Tinubu and now find yourself watching them work together, there is no need to feel hurt or betrayed.

Just learn from it. Those who fail to learn from history eventually become victims of it.

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They divide and confuse the masses along all kinds of lines and differences, using their agents who they dump as soon as work's done, whilst they themselves dine together behind the scenes but come out to rhetorically oppose each other creating a divided image to mirror the real division they've created among the masses so that the gullible masses believe the sham as true reality while they carouse together and share the loot, mocking the masses. And the ignorant masses, who are perpetually and deliberately kept in a dazed/hungry/hapless condition, have no option than to swallow hook, line and sinker as they grovel and succumb to the fate of the choice being made for them already. A choice made to look like the masses' choice, whereas it's actually a reality of having to choose between the devil and the deep blue sea. Until the masses unanimously stop the game which they are always being asked to play, lift up their eyes to the organizers of the game and ask relevant & existential questions about the game, the masses can never be free. And there can never be any change and improvement in the society. For the organizers of the game, though they are one, have to appear different and opposing in order to easily and successfully divide the players. So far the players remain divided, the game is forever under the control of the organizers who can manipulate it however they choose, according to their whims and caprices. And so long as this remains the status quo, the game continues.

Did he force you to support him or president TINUBU ?

uche87:
The major reason the Osun State governorship election drew massive media attention and public interest had little to do with the progress of the south-western state. Many people became interested because it was seen as a referendum on the administration of President Bola Tinubu and his All Progressives Congress (APC).

For many Nigerians, the election was an opportunity to send a direct message to the president about their dissatisfaction with his government, in case he had somehow missed the cries and complaints expressed across traditional and social media. Governor Ademola Adeleke joined the Accord Party after reportedly being blocked from joining the APC.

Nigerians rallied behind him because they saw the election as a prelude to the main event, the 2027 general election. Davido, the popular Nigerian singer, deployed his enormous social media influence to campaign for his uncle, Governor Ademola Adeleke, popularly known as the "Dancing Governor". Davido's online megaphone kept drawing media attention to Adeleke, and it worked remarkably well.

Governor Adeleke is a rare politician. He sold himself with his dance steps rather than his words. Politicians are salespeople. Their greatest tools are usually their voices and their ability to persuade. Adeleke, however, chose to endear himself to voters with his feet and body language.

While many found it entertaining, I saw it as a weakness that he cleverly masked. Nigerian politics, especially at the campaign stage, is often built on theatrics. It is a mudslinging festival and a circus show until power is won. Governor Adeleke would spend less time discussing his manifesto at campaign grounds and more time dancing. The crowd applauded, the videos went viral, and the strategy paid off. Job done.

When news of his controversial academic credentials resurfaced, I began to understand why the dancing was often more prominent than the talking. Many of his admirers point to his payment of salary arrears and pensions owed by previous administrations as evidence of good leadership.

But, in my view, does it take a genius to pay workers and retirees what they are rightfully owed? The standard by which public officials are assessed in Nigeria has become so low because of the general failure of leadership across the board. I was never a fan. That said, I did not believe the APC governorship candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, deserved my support either, largely because of his association with the ruling party at the national level. I therefore had no horse in the race and simply watched events unfold.

When Governor Adeleke was declared the winner, social media erupted in celebration. Many used the victory to taunt Tinubu, seeing it as a warning sign of what could happen in the 2027 presidential election. I was amazed by the scale of support Adeleke enjoyed.

But less than 24 hours after his victory, he delivered what many supporters considered their first shock. In a video statement, he pledged loyalty to Tinubu and promised to support the president's second-term bid in 2027. He was neither hiding nor pretending.

Adeleke would later travel to Abuja to meet Tinubu and some of his close political associates. Around the same period, Davido, who had frequently criticised the APC online for what he described as poor governance and economic hardship, was seen in the company of prominent APC figures. He prostrated before FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and was later photographed sitting comfortably with him.

The message appeared clear: we are together.

Many of Adeleke's newfound supporters suddenly went quiet. They had been played.

Adeleke's political camp, the Imole Campaign Council, has reportedly promised President Tinubu 1.5 million votes in the next election. Constitutionally, Adeleke only possesses one vote. But in Nigeria, such promises are often treated as achievable targets. You know how.

At an APC event yesterday, Governor Adeleke was introduced as a campaign coordinator in Osun State. He joyfully danced to the podium amid applause and cheers. Speakers described him as a happy man. I am not aware of any formal alliance between the APC and the Accord Party. Whether such an alliance exists or not appears secondary to Adeleke. Politics, like most things, often comes down to personal interest.

The ease with which Tinubu has been able to attract opposition politicians into openly supporting him while disregarding their own parties' candidates is a remarkable political phenomenon.

Should we applaud it? I am yet to decide.

My greatest hope is that those who become emotionally attached to politicians and their flowery promises learn a lesson from all of this. Politicians are often more united than their supporters realise. They are, as the saying goes, the same rat in different holes. Only the locations and formations change.

So, if you supported Adeleke against Tinubu and now find yourself watching them work together, there is no need to feel hurt or betrayed.

Just learn from it. Those who fail to learn from history eventually become victims of it.

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