{
  "id": 1783597,
  "title": "Political parties may select candidates, it’s the people that select governments, By Akeem Bello",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/political-parties-may-select-candidates-its-the-people-that-select",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T19:19:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/903862-political-parties-may-select-candidates-its-the-people-that-select-governments-by-akeem-bello.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Osun election therefore represents something larger than an electoral victory for Ademola Adeleke. It is another demonstration that the Nigerian voter can separate party from candidate, federal politics from state politics and elite preference from personal political judgement. This is what I mean by Nigerians gradually taking over governance. I do not mean that […] The post Political parties…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "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."
}