Still in Osun: The Wailers Lost the Plot Again
Abiodun Bolade (AbbeyGovernor)
8/18/20261 min read
Still in Osun State!!
According to TINUBUNEWMEDIA:
About 1.8 million people in Osun collected their voter cards.
Over 1 million of them actually voted — a turnout of more than 58%.
Nearly 1 million of those votes went to Adeleke or Ambo.
Both Adeleke and Ambo support President Tinubu.
Yet the “wailers,” who managed fewer than 15,000 votes, are the ones celebrating.
When you expect them to be happy, they keep wailing.
When you expect them to be sad, they rejoice — the same way some people expected the UN to take over Nigeria just because a few youths blocked the Lekki toll gate.
Out of that one million votes, virtually none went to the wailers’ party.
Mention “NDC” to most Osun people and they’ll assume you’re talking about the Niger Delta Commission.
Mention “Obi” and many will think you mean “hobby.”
Some are claiming the turnout was a protest against INEC and the APC. In reality, a 58% turnout in favour of Tinubu and his loyalists is another clear pass mark for the President — a genuine endorsement by real Nigerians, while online computer bots continue to make noise.
For context:
• 21% voted for Soludo
• 21% voted for Okpebholo
• 38% voted for Oyebanji
The South-West is ready.
Authentic Nigerians are ready to renew their hope.
As for those who choose to remain hopeless — they are the reason the Urhobo proverb exists:
“It is better to give birth to a thief than to give birth to a mumu.”
Proverbs are not for children.
— TNM