‘Osun election is a test of Tinubu’s all is fair in politics comment’ – Laolu Akande

Laolu Akande, a former Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to ex-Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday said Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State will show Nigerians what to expect in the 2027 general polls.

Akande made the assertion on his Channels Television programme, Inside Sources, while speaking about the upcoming governorship election in Osun State.

He described the election as a test of President Bola Tinubu’s ‘all is fair in politics’ comment, stressing that the world would be watching.

During a meeting with the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Tinubu declared that all is fair in politics, saying, “Those who would take it from me will try. They will try. All is fair in politics, and there is equal opportunity.”

Akande said, “Osun Decides is the first test of all is fair in politics with EFCC’s moves, viral threats and blood on the streets, Saturday’s poll will signal what 2027 election would look like.

“Osun gubernatorial election is the last off-cycle before the 2027 general polls in Nigeria, even more importantly, it’s the first election to be conducted after the President told us that all is fair in politics. That statement is now hanging over Osun like a cloud, so we must ask, which of these is fair?

“The killings and violence in the run up to the voting is it fair? The EFCC’s attempt to freeze Osun State government’s account close to the poll, an action that the President hurriedly reverse in a statement, is it fair?

“That is why everyone is watching, the opposition, civil society organizations, international community, and I’m sure that the President himself is keeping an eye on what is happening.”