It was a precursor when Portable, a street pop artiste, told fans to vote the current Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, who is the governorship candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) against Ademola Adeleke of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), IgbereTV reports
Adeleke, coincidentally, is the uncle of superstar artiste, Davido, who unfollowed Portable over what he felt was a perceived “disloyalty” which set the tone for what might be the most gladiatorial election in Nigeria’s recent history.
Voter Apathy
Meanwhile, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto and Convener of National Peace Committee (NPC) Matthew Hassan Kukah had decried the indifference of the electorate towards participating in the exercise.
Kukah made this call on Wednesday in Osogbo, Osun State, during the signing of a peace accord by political parties and candidates ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in the state.
According to the cleric, suffering and frustration inflicted on ordinary Nigerians by the political class was the main cause of the widespread apathy towards exercising their franchises.
He bemoaned the excessive monetization, which includes the costly sale of nomination forms, converting Nigeria’s democracy into one in which only the wealthy participate.
