Underrated Lessons from The Osun Election, By Bamidele Ademola-Olateju

Underrated Lessons from The Osun Election, By Bamidele Ademola-Olateju

I have read tons of analysis on the election. There are three lessons that are underrated in my party’s loss. Before I list them, I want you to know this loss will not affect President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s election. Adeleke’s personality is a real factor, and it is underweighted in most of the post-mortems. Osun’s urbanity does not cancel its traditionalism. If anything, they coexist the way they do across much of Yorùbá political culture; sophi…