ADC Chieftain Mocks Wikes Osun Election Power Claim

(Dele Momodu. Photo Credit; Arise Tv)

An African Democratic Congress chieftain Dele Momodu has criticized the FCT Minister for boasting about his political power in the Osun State election.

The minister had claimed that Governor Adeleke would have lost if the Federal Government had fully backed the APC candidate.

But the chieftain dismissed this as empty talk during an interview with a news outlet.

He argued that the minister’s political reach wasn’t even close to that of the Senate President and several governors who actually worked for the APC during the Osun race.

If all those powerful figures couldn’t defeat Adeleke, what could the minister alone have done differently?

He also flagged concerns about what such talk means heading into 2027.

The APC might try these same political tactics again in future elections, he warned.

He pointed to former governors from the ruling party who abandoned the opposition before 2023 and then struggled to win their own senatorial races afterward.

That showed governors don’t have unlimited power over voters.

The chieftain concluded that to exercise the kind of influence the minister was claiming, he’d need to be everywhere at once across all 36 states and the capital.

His point: one person, no matter how powerful, can’t control an entire election.

The dispute highlights a broader political conversation building ahead of 2027 about how much federal power, incumbency and party structures actually shape Nigerian elections.