By Adesina Soyooye
Accomplished Journalist and a former Nigerian Senator, Babafemi Ojudu, has listed the factors which led to the routing of the All Progressives Congress, APC, by Governor Ademola Adeleke in the Osun State Saturday, August 15, Governorship Election.
Ojudu, an APC chieftain, who was Presidential Political Adviser in the Office of the Vice President during the late President Muhammadu Buhari’s Government, listed 15 reasons why APC lost, inspite of the unprecedented obstacles thrown the way of Adeleke and his Accord Party.
In the run-up to the Governorship election, what was seen as deliberate Federal might was thrown at Adeleke’s Government. They descended on him like bees to honey. Not a few people saw it as trying to kill a bee with a sledge hammer. It was like going to war.
After the declaration of the result early Sunday morning in which Adeleke routed the APC candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, Senator Ojudu listed the factors to blame.
They include, among others, the ill-timed freezing of Osun State’s bank accounts by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the unprovoked and provocative insults thrown at Adeleke by the Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, Senator Fadahunsi’s shocking order to his loyalists to kill Accord members and more, International singer, Davido’s influence, the imposition of the APC Governorship candidate by Minister former Governor Gboyega Oyetola – Minister for Marine and Blue Economy, as well as the hunger in the land.
Following are the 15 factors as listed by Senator Ojudu in his Facebook post which have since drawn endorsements by netizens.
Those Who Defeated The APC in Osun State
●1. Whoever was responsible for the hunger in the land.
●2. The Edo State Governor, whose ill-advised and insulting outbursts against the Governor of Osun State only provoked resentment and strengthened Adeleke’s support.
●3. Whoever authorised the freezing of the Osun State Government’s accounts.
●4. Senator Fadahunsi, who reportedly said that Accord Party members should be killed.
●5. Hon. Wole Oke, who went everywhere boasting about Tinubu’s name and power.
●6. Ero Arike, with her endless rants and curses.
●7. Former Governor Gboyega Oyetola, who imposed an unpopular candidate and denied party members the freedom to choose their own flag-bearer.
●8. The governors and party leaders who invaded the state as though they had come to conquer its people.
●9. Governor Ademola Adeleke’s irrepressible dance steps.
●10. Davido and his crowd-pulling magic.
●11. Whoever advised the governor to commission numerous projects in the run-up to the election, thereby bringing traditional rulers onto the podium with him and giving his campaign greater visibility and legitimacy.
●12. The people of Osun—a determined and fearless people who courageously confronted thugs deployed to seize ballot boxes, even snatching guns and axes from them.
●13. The creativity of the people, expressed through their witty, biting and bile-laden campaign songs.
●14. Adeleke’s strategists, particularly those who coached and prepared him for the debate, where he exceeded the expectations of many.
●15. Adeleke’s top notch media team. Give it to them. They did a good job.
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