The recent attempts by certain online platforms and political mercenaries to insinuate a rift between Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, and President Bola Tinubu are not just misleading—they are deliberately contrived.
The newest fiction making the rounds claims that Governor Abiodun is “at war” with the President over the 2027 Ogun governorship succession, dragging in names like former Finance Minister, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, and Senator Solomon Adeola to lend false weight to an otherwise hollow narrative. There is no factual basis for these claims. They exist solely in the fertile imagination of those whose politics depends on confusion and conflict.
This tactic is hardly new. For years, the same actors have recycled allegations of non-performance, attempted to sensationalise routine government audits, and even hijacked unrelated public incidents in their desperation to dent the credibility of the Abiodun administration. Each attempt has collapsed under the weight of public scrutiny.
Perhaps the most absurd claim is the suggestion that Governor Abiodun has threatened to dump the All Progressives Congress if he is not allowed to “impose” a successor in 2027. No statement. No record. No evidence. Just reckless conjecture dressed up as political analysis. It is a textbook example of sensationalism trumping substance.
What is clear is that certain unscrupulous bloggers have been mobilised to peddle misinformation about Ogun State, with the obvious aim of sowing discord and weakening the long-standing relationship between the state government and the Presidency. This desperation is telling. It reflects envy of the political stability, relative peace, and economic progress Ogun State continues to enjoy.
Under Governor Abiodun, Ogun has attracted significant investment inflows and maintained a calm political climate—an achievement that unsettles those who profit from chaos. Attempts to portray the governor as operating at cross purposes with President Tinubu deliberately ignore the history of political alignment, mutual respect, and shared party loyalty between both leaders.
The insinuation that succession politics has overtaken governance further exposes the hollowness of the narrative. The Abiodun administration remains focused on governance and delivery, not speculative power games.
Ultimately, these manufactured controversies are designed to distract, discredit, and derail. They deserve nothing more than public interrogation and outright dismissal.
The people of Ogun State must continue to separate fact from fabrication and refuse to be drawn into the noise of political opportunists whose relevance depends not on ideas or performance, but on misinformation.
Bakare sent this piece through seyibakre@aol.com
Seyi Bakare: When bloggers manufacture crisis – The Ogun example
