{
  "id": 1805891,
  "title": "‘I defeated 17 governors with my phone’ — Davido speaks on Osun election, Tinubu, Akpabio, Okpebholo",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/i-defeated-17-governors-with-my-phone-davido-speaks-on-osun-election",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T21:37:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/naija-fashion/903903-i-defeated-17-governors-with-my-phone-davido-speaks-on-osun-election-tinubu-akpabio-okpebholo.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Davido, whose real name is David Adeleke, has spoken about his role in his uncle's re-election as Osun State governor. According to Davido, he played a significant part in Governor Ademola Adeleke's second-term victory. Davido made the claim that he \"defeated 17 governors with my phone,\" although the context of this statement is not specified.\n\nDavido also alleged that Senate President Godswill Akpabio contacted him during the election and asked him to delete a social media post he had made against him. The post in question accused Akpabio of interfering with the collation process. Davido claimed that he became concerned when the Independent National Electoral Commission allegedly stopped uploading results for several hours during the collation process.\n\nNasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule attributed the All Progressives Congress' loss in the Osun State governorship election to interference by \"Abuja politicians.\" Meanwhile, the National Association of Nigerian Students, Southwest Zone D, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the continued withholding of statutory allocations belonging to the 30 local government areas of Osun State, citing accumulated funds of over ₦200 billion.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Why I won’t apologise to Okpebholo — Davido",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/why-i-wont-apologise-to-okpebholo-davido",
        "published": "2026-08-18T16:52:33.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}