Davido Battles The Odds To Support His Uncle, Ademola Adeleke’s Governorship Ambition

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David Adeleke, the award-winning Nigerian singer, who’s popularly commonly known as Davido, is all out to help his uncle, Senator Ademola Adeleke.

Davido has under no circumstances hidden his love for his uncle as he has normally gone all out to help him, considerably in his quest to emerge the governor of Osun State.

Adeleke, who’s a member of the People’s Democratic Party, will, at current, slug it out with three totally different essential contestants—the incumbent, Adegboyega Oyetola (All Progressives Congressmen); Akin Ogunbiyi (Accord Party) and Lasun Yusuff (Labour Party)— for the coveted office.

For the previous couple of days, Davido has been in Osun, bonding with the residents and urging them to vote for his uncle.

Recall that in 2018, Adeleke had moreover flown the flag of the People’s Democratic Party flag, nonetheless narrowly misplaced to Oyetola after two rounds of elections.

Adeleke later went to court docket docket, claiming that his mandate had been stolen nonetheless the Court of Appeal affirmed that Oyetola was the rightful winner of the election. Pained by the defeat, the singer took to his social media internet web page to write down down, “My people, we cannot hide our disappointment at the judgment of the Court of Appeal. It hurts; it is extremely painful. But guess what? It is not the end. Far from it. Everyone remains calm.”

In January 2022, Davido took his loyalty for his beloved uncle a step further when he pleaded with the parents of the state to shun his cousin, Bamidele Adeleke, and choose his uncle. In a sequence of tweets, Davido slammed Bamidele for being an ‘opportunist’.

In thought-about one in all his posts, he wrote, “Wonderful! I finished university with a second class upper degree. But, it’s now cousin Dele who struggled to even get a second class lower that is forming ‘intellectual’. Intellectual that has not succeeded in building one single thing in his life on his own. This life ehn! Osun, beware of fakes!”

Responding to Davido’s tweet, Ademola, fondly referred to as ‘the dancing Senator’ replied, “Don’t worry, nephew. God has got us.”

Not completed, the hip hop star took one different swipe at Bamidele for writing about his late mother in an article. He wrote, “Because of your ambition, you have your people write about me (which I don’t care about) but to include the death of my mother in an article; the same woman that raised you. Okay, Dele. God will reward you.”

In March 2022, when Ademola was launched as a result of the winner of the PDP main election, Davido congratulated his uncle on social media, writing, ‘Imole’ writing, “Imole, congrats. Congrats, Osun.”

However, as a result of the election acquired nearer, Davido just about relocated to Osun State in solidarity alongside along with his uncle. On Thursday, July 14, the ‘Stand Strong’ singer confirmed his non secular facet as he led a prayer session sooner than the workforce set out for a advertising and marketing marketing campaign rally.

Clad in an agbada (flowing robe) with the inscription ‘Imole lokan’ which precisely means ‘it is the turn of light’ the singer could very effectively be seen inside the midst of a crowd of supporters. On his Instagram internet web page, he wrote, “No intimidation, no violence. No retreat, no surrender.!!! Imole de!! #osunguber #2022 awa lokan.”

Meanwhile, as Davido continued to help his beloved uncle, the opposition moreover didn’t keep once more. Controversial street-pop artiste, Habeeb Okikiola, aka Portable, was moreover out there to help the governor.

In a publish on social media, Portable displayed a bag of cash shortly after a gathering with the governor. Earlier, he had stated that he had been paid to help Bola Tinubu, the All-Progressive Congress presidential candidate. In a video which went viral, the ‘Zaazu’ singer acknowledged, “If they pay you cash, it’s important to work. I used to be as soon as paid to insult Tinubu throughout the protests. That was a very long time in the past. Now, APC has stated ‘Akoi Tinubu’.

“If they pay you, do your job; no ripping. When I was asked to insult Tinubu, I collected my money and did the job. Now, Tinubu is the next. They’re the ones that gave me money, and I must do the work for the money I collected. Akoi APC.”