Osun poll: ‘Adeleke is not Fubara,’ says Dele Momodu

Dele Momodu, a former Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in 2023 and now a member of the African Democratic Congress, has warned against comparing Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke with his Rivers State counterpart Siminalayi Fubara. In response to an online article titled 'Wike: I’d have been in Osun if Tinubu wanted APC victory at all cost', Momodu, via his X handle, cautioned against equating the two governors, stating "Adeleke is not Fubara!!!

My kobo advice, stop equating yourself to God." The article Momodu responded to claimed that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, suggested that the ruling All Progressives Congress would not have lost the Osun governorship election if President Bola Tinubu had wanted to win the election. Wike further stated that he would have been in Osun and they would have won, adding that there's nothing the governor could do.

Adeleke, contesting on the Accord Party platform, won a re-election for a second term with 511,067 votes against Bola Oyebamiji of the APC who had 444,815 votes. Adeleke previously defeated Gboyega Oyetola, the current Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, in the 2022 governorship election as a PDP candidate. Wike's comment highlights his belief that the APC could have secured victory in Osun if the President had made greater political efforts towards the election.