What the Iyabo Obasanjo-Yayi friction reveals about Ogun’s political realignment, By Adeola Akinremi
An early bird in political campaign with unusual money in his wallet, town hall meetings, field organizers approach, conclaves with influencers, and mixed media have been used by Yayi to get to where he is… Interestingly, political establishments in Ogun State, where Yayi now has a superior ground game, building political infrastructure to become the next governor, are not looking through the prism of Yayi’s politics; they are stuck with the old ideas of regions and endorsements of the establishment.” With just a few months to the elections and temperature in politics is rising, the tension this time in Ogun State politics is healthy for democracy.
Supporters praised his courage and willingness to return home to help a state that needed him more than Lagos did – a rare political humility for someone who had Lagos’s most critical voting population under his influence as a senator representing Lagos West.
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