{
  "id": 2129431,
  "title": "Backstory of Osun poll, and what’s next for Adeleke, By Azu Ishiekwene",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/backstory-of-osun-poll-and-whats-next-for-adeleke-by-azu-ishiekwene",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T12:04:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/904224-backstory-of-osun-poll-and-whats-next-for-adeleke-by-azu-ishiekwene.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Multiple sources told me last week that what came across in the governorship poll as a ringing endorsement of Adeleke, especially by civil servants, was actually a defence of group self-interest under a government unwilling or incapable of curbing corruption in the civil service…. “It was a game of rub-my-back-and-I-rub-yours,” a source said, “by a […] The post Backstory of Osun poll, and what’s…",
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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."
}