UMUAHIA – Former Senate President and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, Senator Adolphus Wabara, has congratulated Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on his victory in Saturday’s governorship election.
Wabara described the outcome as a triumph of the people’s will over federal influence and political intimidation.
According to him, the result demonstrated that political mobilisation and the use of federal power cannot permanently suppress the will of a determined electorate.
However, the former Senate President warned Nigerians and opposition parties against becoming complacent following the Osun election, suggesting that the outcome could form part of a broader political strategy by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Wabara said that while the Osun result had shown that the APC could be defeated at the polls, Nigerians should not assume that the outcome would automatically translate into an opposition victory at the national level in 2027.
“The Osun victory is encouraging, but Nigerians must not become complacent. We must be very circumspect because the APC is full of master strategists.
“What if Osun is a smokescreen for an APC victory in 2027? What if the ruling party is deliberately allowing Nigerians to believe that it can be defeated, while it perfects its strategies for the bigger battle ahead?
“We must not dismiss this possibility. The real battle is 2027, and Nigerians must remain vigilant. The Osun election must be seen as a lesson, not as a guarantee of what will happen in the presidential election.
“Let nobody be carried away. The APC controls the Federal Government and has enormous political resources and machinery at its disposal. It would therefore be dangerous for the opposition to relax or assume that victory in Osun means victory in Nigeria,” he said.
