{
  "id": 1435875,
  "title": "Osun: APC’s defeat not Adeleke’s trade-off for supporting Tinubu – Hakeem Baba-Ahmed",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/osun-apcs-defeat-not-adelekes-trade-off-for-supporting-tinubu-hakeem",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T06:41:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/17/osun-apcs-defeat-not-adelekes-trade-off-for-supporting-tinubu-hakeem-baba-ahmed/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, a former political adviser to President Bola Tinubu, has denied the notion that the All Progressives Congress, APC, losing the Osun State governorship election is a compromise for Governor Ademola Adeleke's support for Tinubu ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Adeleke secured victory in Saturday's closely fought election, garnering 511,067 votes, while APC's candidate Bola Oyebamiji finished second with 444,815 votes, and Najeem Salaam of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) came in third with 17,180 votes. Prior to the election, Adeleke and his Accord Party had endorsed Tinubu as their presidential candidate for 2027. Baba-Ahmed, speaking on X, dismissed conspiracy theories about a trade-off, stating, \"I prefer to believe Accord Party won fairly. I believe the APC can be defeated in fair elections.\" He also criticized the \"clumsy intervention\" by Tinubu's party, PBAT, in the EFCC's frozen funds case, suggesting it worsened the situation. Baba-Ahmed warned that Osun State would reject the APC again in 2027.",
  "summary": "Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, a former political adviser to President Bola Tinubu, has insisted that the All Progressives Congress, APC, defeat in Osun State is not a trade-off for Governor Ademola Adeleke’s support for President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Adeleke won Saturday’s keenly contested governorship election after polling 511,067 votes. The APC’s governorship candidate,…",
  "key_points": [
    "APC lost Osun State governorship election, Adeleke won with 511,067 votes",
    "Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, Tinubu adviser, denies compromise theory",
    "Baba-Ahmed criticizes Tinubu's party for meddling in EFCC case"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The denial by Hakeem Baba-Ahmed suggests that the APC's loss in Osun State will not affect Governor Ademola Adeleke's standing with President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 presidential election.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "2027: Osun election shows how opposition parties can remove Tinubu — Lukman",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/2027-osun-election-shows-how-opposition-parties-can-remove-tinubu",
        "published": "2026-08-17T07:46:18.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}