Ongoing voting in Saturday’s Osun governorship election has been hit by complaints of BVAS malfunction and voter intimidation, as Governor Ademola Adeleke raised the alarm, even as a social media war raged between his nephew Davido and activist Omoyele Sowore online.
Speaking on Osun Radio on Saturday, Adeleke, who is seeking re-election on the platform of the Accord Party, said there were widespread issues with the accreditation process.
“Right now, there are complaints that BIVAS are not working well. I am not happy at all. The police are aiding the APC. Enuku, the thug, is disturbing people,” he said.
The governor alleged that thugs were disrupting voting in Olorunda and Irewole LGAs, specifically in Ikire, and that accreditation was slow.
“People came out to vote, but the machine is slow. It is not working well. INEC should find a solution,” Adeleke said, urging supporters to “vote and defend their votes.”
The complaints came hours after a heated exchange between Davido and Sowore over the governor.
The disagreement began after Sowore criticised Adeleke during a recent interview ahead of the poll.
In the interview, Sowore described the governor as “brainless” and said he had “nothing upstairs”. He also described Osogbo, the state capital, as a “war zone”.
Davido later shared a clip of the interview on X and responded by calling Sowore an “Arindin”, a Yoruba term used to describe someone considered foolish or unintelligent.
Sowore subsequently responded to Davido, arguing that the description was more appropriate for Adeleke. The activist also criticised the governor’s political record, particularly his decision to support President *Bola Tinubu* during the 2023 presidential election.
Sowore further accused the Adeleke family of treating Osun as a “private estate” to finance their lifestyle, describing them as “oppressive, corrupt, incompetent, and entitled”.
Responding directly to Davido, Sowore wrote: “The real arindin is your uncle, @AAdeleke_01, who had to go back and obtain the equivalent of a GED after he had already served as a Nigerian Senator,”
He added: “The real arindin is your uncle who chose @officialABAT as his presidential candidate, apparently hoping that imbecilic political loyalty would allow your family to continue treating Osun state as a private estate to finance your extravagant lifestyle.
“All of you are the same anyway, oppressive, corrupt, incompetent, and entitled spoilt brats, feeding off the pain, suffering, and sorrow of Nigerians. But the tables will turn. The Nigerian people will not endure this forever.”
As voting continues across the state’s 30 LGAs, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is yet to officially respond to the BVAS complaints raised by the governor.
