HAPPY SUNDAY MUTUALSππ
The double standard in Nigerian politics is fascinating. When Adeleke secures Osun, INEC is praised for a job well doneβsimply because the outcome matched popular expectation. Yet, had the APC pulled off a win, the immediate narrative would have been widespread rigging. Despite documented reports of vote-buying and suspicious tallying, people are quick to endorse the system as long as it delivers their preferred candidate.
βWe saw the exact same script play out when Tinubu lost Lagos in 2023. Everyone celebrated a "triumph of the peopleβs voice"βright up until the general election results rolled in and shattered the illusion. Letβs be real: an APC victory in Osun would have been a PR nightmare for the ruling party and completely torpedoed public trust in INEC ahead of the national election. But ask yourself: how did the ruling party still quietly manage to scoop up over 444,000 votes despite everything?