A FORMER minister of Sports and Youths Development, Solomon Dalung, has insisted that President Bola Tinubu was not neutral in last Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State.
In a post on his Facebook page on Sunday, August 16, Dalung said the political atmosphere forced the President not to interfere in the exercise, adding that while the election may have ended, its political consequences will not end with the announcement of the result.
“When a President’s strongest political base is expected to be his region, every subsequent election in that region becomes more than just another state contest. It becomes a test of how much of that political capital is still intact.
“Osun was a particularly important test, forget what anyone will tell you that the President was neutral, the political atmosphere forced him to.
“The All Progressives Congress (APC) did not approach this election casually; the political heavyweights descended on the state with enormous confidence and considerable mobilisation.”
