Momodu to Wike over comment on Osun Election: Adeleke is not Fubara

Veteran journalist and prominent politician, Chief Dele Momodu, has cautioned against comparing Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, with his Rivers State counterpart, Siminalayi Fubara.

Momodu, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, stated this via his X handle on Tuesday.

He was reacting to the publication titled “Wike: I’d have been in Osun if Tinubu wanted APC victory at all cost.”

The Eagle Online reports that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, while speaking on the just concluded election, disclosed that he would have gone to Osun State to secure an All Progressives Congress (APC) victory if President Bola Tinubu had wanted to win the governorship election “at all costs”.

The minister made the claim on Tuesday while inspecting flood-prone areas in Abuja.

Wike argued that Adeleke’s victory over APC’s Bola Oyebamiji demonstrated the President’s commitment to a non-manipulated process.

“If the President had wanted to win the Osun State election at all costs, I would have been there and we would have won it, and there’s nothing the governor can do,” he said.

Reacting to his statement, Momodu wrote, “Osun people would have demystified you mercilessly. Adeleke is not Fubara!! My kobo advice, stop equating yourself to God.”

Recall that on August 11, 2026, Momodu revealed his support for Adeleke of the Accord Party in Osun State for a second term, despite being a member of a rival opposition party.

Momodu insisted that opposition parties must set aside individual interests and align behind Adeleke ahead of the August 15 governorship election in the state.

The former presidential aspirant said he remained a proud member of the ADC, saying that he joined the party on the basis that prominent opposition figures decided to form a broad coalition against what he described as the “APC cankerworm.”

“I joined ADC on the basis that prominent members of opposition parties in Nigeria decided to form a broad coalition of forces against the APC cankerworm that has almost destroyed our economy, social cohesion, religious tolerance and democratic institutions and separation of powers.

“It would be foolhardy not to see that with the manner APC has turned Osun State into a theatre of war, the only sensible strategy is for all opposition parties to align immediately and back the Accord Party candidate, Governor Ademola Adeleke.

“I make this declaration without equivocation, or any fear of contradiction,” the statement partly read.