Opposition not happy with Adeleke thanking the President, want him to be confrontational – Shehu Sani

Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has said some opposition figures are unhappy with Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke for appreciating President Bola Tinubu following his victory in the August 15 governorship election.

Adeleke won the election with 511,067 votes, defeating APC candidate Bola Oyebamiji, who polled 444,815 votes. 

Sani, reacting to the development, said the opposition expected Adeleke to take a more confrontational stance towards the President rather than acknowledge Tinubu’s role in the electoral process.

He argued that Adeleke was right to appreciate the President, particularly for what Sani described as protecting the governor’s electoral mandate

Posting on X, Sani wrote: “Most members of the opposition are not happy with Governor Adeleke for ‘thanking’ President Tinubu for his electoral victory. They want the Governor to be confrontational.

“If the President had not been helpful in securing his mandate and preventing any attempt to tamper with it, the governor wouldn’t have been so appreciative.

“Electoral victory is a product of two components, winning the votes and securing the collation and victory of the vote. There are many politicians today who lost elections because of the latter.”