{
  "id": 850425,
  "title": "Morning recap: Police lockdown Osun, Makinde picks Daura as running mate, other top stories",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/morning-recap-police-lockdown-osun-makinde-picks-daura-as-running-850425",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T08:12:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/morning-recap-police-lockdown-osun-makinde-picks-daura-as-running-mate-other-top-stories/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Police have locked down Osun. Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has chosen Lawal Daura as his running mate for the 2027 presidential election. According to Ripples Nigeria, Makinde announced this at the Allied People’s Movement’s elective national convention in Bauchi.\n\nLawal Daura is a former Director-General of the Department of State Services. He was appointed to the role in July 2015 by President Muhammadu Buhari and served until his dismissal on August 7, 2018, by then-Acting President Yemi Osinbajo. Daura recently joined the Allied People’s Movement after resigning from the African Democratic Congress.\n\nMakinde stated that Daura was chosen to address the country’s security situation. Yusuf Dantalle was re-elected as the national chairman of the Allied People’s Movement at the convention.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Osun election: 30 CPs, 15,000 police operatives deployed for Saturday poll",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/osun-election-30-cps-15-000-police-operatives-deployed-for-saturday",
        "published": "2026-08-14T05:50:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Premium Times",
        "title": "1.9m PVCs collected for Osun governorship election – INEC",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/1-9m-pvcs-collected-for-osun-governorship-election-inec",
        "published": "2026-08-14T07:50:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Morning recap: Police lockdown Osun, Makinde picks Daura as running mate, other top stories",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/morning-recap-police-lockdown-osun-makinde-picks-daura-as-running",
        "published": "2026-08-14T07:52:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}