By Steve Osuji
Next Saturday, the people of Osun State will vote to choose a governor.
There are three frontrunners:
The incumbent, Gov. Ademola Adeleke, the ADC candidate, Najim Salam and APC man, Bola Oyebamiji.
It promises to be a battle royale in many respects.
Many analysts see a run off election.
Why?
The incumbent is of the Accord Party (formerly PDP, until N. Wike damaged it).
Apart from incumbency, a lot is going for him: he is said to have put up some modicum of good performance in spite of the federal government seizing the state’s LGA funds. Plus a relentless harassment of Osun state officials by the police and the EFCC.
The Adeleke family also has a strong political pedigree in Osun. Lastly, Gov Adeleke is loved for his huge human touch.
But APC which lost Osun to PDP in the first instance is bent on recovering it.
It’s going to be federal might versus the state.
ADC as the third force is equally formidable. It is backed by Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, former two-time governor and strong man of Osun politics.
The street-think is that if INEC does it’s job right, the incumbent should return to his seat.
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