Multiple award winning Nigerian superstar, David Adeleke widely known as Davido has disclosed the behind-the-scenes details of the just concluded Osun governorship election where is uncle and incumbent governor, Ademola Adeleke secured a second term in office.
“INEC was uploading results every 30mins, then suddenly stopped. I knew they wanted to start manipulation, I heard about Akpabio so I put out the tweet. They all called me to delete, even uncle Aliko Dangote.
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According to him, top political and business leaders, including Senate President Godswill Akpabio and billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote, reached out to him to delete his viral social media updates during the Osun State governorship election.
Speaking during an exclusive interview on News Central TV on Tuesday, the music icon opened up about the intense pressure behind the scenes during the vote-monitoring exercise.
Davido alleged that political opponents deployed massive financial resources, estimating that over ₦110 billion in cash was brought into the state to manipulate the election outcome.
“I just confirmed today. They spent N110 billion. I’m coming from somewhere where we had an insider who was sending us… If you see the cash these people brought in. If they had gotten away with that election, Nigeria is finished. Because the blueprint for election will now be violence and money,” he stated.
Reflecting on his family’s strategy, the singer emphasised that the team relied entirely on public support and voter vigilance rather than financial inducements at polling units.
“We didn’t spend a dime on election day. All we could do was just pray that these people take their money and vote for us,” he said.
“It got to a point where it was the Osun people that were beating the people that were trying to seize ballots. People are tired,” he added
Addressing the high-profile calls he received as results were being tallied, the musician revealed that he refused appeals to take down his updates on X (formerly Twitter), where he was tracking polling unit results and highlighting delays.
“I heard the Senate President was trying to call the collation centre… They were calling me to delete. I said sorry o. You guys have literally just gone against my uncle… I can’t delete anything. Uncle Aliko called me too. I said, “Uncle, I’m not deleting until the INEC announcement,” he revealed.
Davido maintained that the victory of his uncle, Governor Ademola Adeleke, demonstrates the power of popular support over financial and political influence.
“My uncle should be an example to all other government officials and governors. When you stand by the people, the people will stand by you,” he stated.