30/04/2026
BREAKING NEWS!!!
Chief Adebayo Adelabu (Penkele) has officially picked up the form to contest for the Oyo State Governorship in 2027 under the umbrella of APC.
This move further confirms what many already believe that he is currently the leading aspirant for the position. With his experience, strong political backing, and growing support across the state, Adelabu is clearly positioning himself as a major force in the race.
Oyo 2027 is taking shape!
ỌYỌ TÍ BAYỌ DE!!
22/04/2026
*Adelabu Set to Resign, Emerges as Leading Governorship Contender in Oyo*
There are strong indications that Adebayo Adelabu is set to resign from his ministerial position today, following a late-night meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Sources close to the development revealed that the meeting, held on Tuesday night, was aimed at formally briefing the President on Adelabu’s tenure and achievements while in office. The move is widely interpreted as a strategic step ahead of his anticipated entry into the 2027 governorship race in Oyo State.
Adelabu, who has long been considered a strong political figure in the state, is now being tipped as a leading contender for the governorship position. Political observers note that his experience at the federal level and his prior engagement in Oyo politics position him as a formidable candidate.
Further boosting his prospects is the reported backing of key Southwest political heavyweights. Notably, elder statesman Bisi Akande and influential leader Wale Akinyelure are said to be firmly in support of Adelabu’s ambition. Their endorsement is expected to significantly shape the political landscape in the region.
Insiders also suggest that consultations and alignments among core progressive leaders in the Southwest have reached an advanced stage, with structures being put in place for what appears to be an imminent political reawakening.
With all eyes now on today’s expected resignation, stakeholders believe the development will mark the beginning of a new phase in Oyo State’s political journey, as preparations gradually intensify ahead of the next gubernatorial election.
06/04/2026
*6 Reasons Sharafadeen Alli is a Bad Market for Oyo State Governorship*
By Arabinrin Eniitan
Oyo State is too big, too proud, and too rich in values to be handed over to a man like Senator Sharafadeen Alli. His ambition is not only misplaced, it is an insult to the collective intelligence of Ibadan people. Below are six bitter truths that expose why Sharafadeen Alli is nothing but a bad market in the political marketplace of Oyo State.
*1. A Useless Senator, Dreaming of becoming Governor*
What has he done in the Senate? Absolutely nothing to write home about. Ibarapa people cursed him openly for neglecting their community. The late Ibadan North Federal Representative, Akinremi Jagaban, facilitated over 300 jobs for youths in a single local government, but in more than two years, Alli cannot boast of helping even 30 people into federal employment across the 9 local governments in his senatorial district. Compare him with his Oyo North counterpart in the last 2 years, and you will weep for Oyo South. How can a man who is wasting four years as a senator now think he deserves to be our governor?
*2. An Ingrate With a Rotten Heart*
Before his Senate ticket, Sharafadeen Alli was almost a beggar, as poor as a church rat. Friends from Ọmọ Ajorosun Club and other benefactors raised him up financially and politically. But once he secured power, he abandoned them. He stopped taking their calls. He forgot their sacrifices. A man who betrays those who lifted him yesterday will surely betray the Presidency and the masses tomorrow.
*3. An Ibadan King Who Disrespects Our Values*
Alli ought to have been crowned a lesser Oba during the reign of the late Olubadan, Oba Olakulehin, but he deliberately delayed it for selfish political ambition. That alone tells you the kind of man he is. The law is clear: it is against the Oyo State Government Gazette for any Ibadan king to play politics. A king cannot be competing with the very people he reigns over. It is taboo. The gazette was meant to preserve the dignity of Ibadan’s 11 crowned Obas, yet Alli trampled upon it shamelessly. Even without a gazette, a man who respects himself and his crown should never drag royalty into the murky waters of politics. Ibadan people will never support a move that ridicules our sacred throne.
*4. Ticket Snatcher Without Shame*
Sharafadeen Alli did not earn his Senate seat; he snatched it like a thief in the night. He dampened the morale of loyal APC faithful and destroyed their confidence in due process. Till today, genuine progressives do not see him as one of their own. They do not even like him. He embarrassed Mrs. Florence Ajimobi by stealing the senatorial ticket from her son-in-law when he was not even physically present at the primaries that produced him. He taught Kola Daisi a bitter lesson that in APC, years of loyalty can be wasted in a single night because greedy men like Alli exist. This was not politics. It was political robbery. Up till today, APC members believe Alli came to reap where he did not sow. Hence, any attempt to field Alli will be massively rejected by APC members in Oyo State.
*5. A Fake Neutral Aspirant*
Sharafadeen has been parading himself as a neutral aspirant, preaching that Adelabu and Folarin have polarized the APC. But behind closed doors, he was showing loyalty to Folarin all along. Will people in other camps support such a pretender? He has gone around the Villa, quietly marketing himself as a neutral APC governorship aspirant, only to be rejected outright by progressive leaders back home. Now, emboldened by his acclaimed godfather’s new position as Olubadan, he dares to wrap pretence in false humility. Let it be clear: the exalted Olubadan throne must not be stained by his desperate scheming. The entire Ibadan family trusts that the Olubadan knows what is right and will never impose a stooge on his people.
*6. A Religious Pretender*
Sharafadeen Alli parades himself as a devout Muslim, yet his lifestyle contradicts everything he claims to stand for. The same man who is quick to condemn Bayo Adelabu on religious grounds is guilty of several indulgences that irritate real Muslims. Contrary to his public persona, he has been frequenting marabouts and Babalawos to become governor, instead of consulting and canvassing party leaders and members as other aspirants are doing. He has long abandoned the values he pretends to carry, and thus will be a hard sell to numerous Oyo State Muslim faithful.
*A Message to the Olubadan*
Dear Olubadan Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja Arusa 1, Arabinrin Eniitan is aware of your conversations with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Kabiyesi, we love you and we revere you. You no longer belong to one political family, you now belong to every Ibadan son and daughter. To impose a political prodigal son on us is to divide the same house you just ascended to lead. Please stay off partisan endorsements. Your garment of honour is too precious to be stained.
*A Message to The President*
Oyo APC must field a credible candidate in 2027; someone who will not ridicule our throne or waste our future. God forbid that we wake up to call Senator Sharafadeen Alli our governor. Ibadan people will never allow it. Oyo State deserves far better than a politician that has a history of non-performance. Oyo APC must wear the crown come 2027, and to achieve this, it needs a truly neutral, easily sellable and credible candidate.
Ògún ò kó wárì.
Arabinrin Eniitan is one of Senator Sharafadeen Alli's Ibadan sisters from the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII).
10/03/2026
The Adelabu “Sack” Clamour: A Knee Jerk Reaction to a Deep Seated Structural Crisis
Olawale Omonijo
In the theatre of Nigerian politics, there is a recurring script: whenever a national challenge persists, the public calls for the head of the man at the helm. Today, the target is the Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu. To many critics, the “epileptic” nature of our power supply is a personal failure of the Minister, and his removal, they believe, would magically result in 24/7 electricity.
However, a dispassionate look at the facts reveals that these calls are largely driven by a lack of understanding of the sector's complexities. Asking for Adelabu’s sack because the lights are out is akin to blaming a doctor for a patient’s chronic illness while the patient refuses to buy the prescribed medicine.
The assumption that a change in leadership equals an immediate “boom” in power supply is a fallacy. Nigeria’s power problem is not one of personality; it is a trinity of structural decay: while installed capacity sits at approximately 14 GW, we often struggle to dispatch more than 5,000–6,000 MW due to gas supply constraints and ageing plants, the “National Grid” remains a fragile, centralised bottleneck, and the DisCos are battling massive liquidity gaps, technical losses, and a staggering metering deficit.
If we were to appoint the "God of Thunder" himself as Minister, he would still be met with the same dilapidated substations and the $29 billion annual economic loss caused by decades of underinvestment.
Contrary to the “clownish” narrative, the sector under Adelabu has seen milestones that have eluded us for decades: In 2024, the sector’s revenue surged by 70% (an additional ₦700 billion), a historic leap toward making the industry financially viable and reducing the government’s subsidy burden by 35%. Under this administration, Nigeria hit an all-time peak of 5,801.44 MW in early 2025. For the first time in 24 years, a National Integrated Electricity Policy has been developed to guide a post-centralised market, and through the Siemens Presidential Power Initiative (PPI), over 700 MW of transmission capacity has been added, and ₦700 billion has been mobilised for the Presidential Metering Initiative.
The most significant shift recently is the Electricity Act 2023, which effectively ended the federal monopoly. The sector is now decentralised. The “needful” that must be done now lies at the sub-national level.
While the Federal Government (through Adelabu) is fixing the transmission “superhighway”, the states are now legally empowered to build their own “internal roads” (generation and distribution).
Enugu, Lagos, and Edo have established functional State Electricity Regulatory Commissions (SERCs); Kogi, Ekiti, Ondo, Imo, and Osun have received regulatory autonomy from NERC to manage their markets; and many states are still "watching from the sidelines", yet to pass enabling laws or attract independent power producers (IPPs).
The question critics should ask is, "Why hasn't our State Governor built a 50 MW plant for our state?" instead of asking why a Minister in Abuja hasn't flipped a switch for a decentralised grid.
Sacking Adelabu won't fix a gas pipeline vandalised in the Delta, nor will it replace a 40 year old transformer in a local street. What Nigeria needs is continuity of reform and for state governments to stop being “tenants” on the national grid and start being “landlords” of their own power destiny.
Adebayo Adelabu is currently performing the “heavy lifting” of systemic surgery. To stop the operation midway because the patient still feels pain is not just uninformed; it is sabotaging
05/01/2026
₦128bn Allegation: Power Ministry Says Audit Report Predates Adelabu’s Appointment The Media Aide to the Honourable Minister of Power, Mr. Bolaji Tunji, has addressed recent calls by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) seeking an investigation into the Ministry of Power and the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc. (NBET).
In a statement released on Sunday and signed by SERAP’s Deputy Director, Mr. Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to mandate the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, along with relevant anti-corruption agencies, to probe allegations that more than ₦128 billion in public funds were missing or misappropriated from the Ministry of Power and NBET in Abuja.
Reacting to the call, the Office of the Honourable Minister of Power clarified that the audit report referenced by SERAP relates solely to the 2022 financial year, which predates both the current administration and the appointment of the incumbent Minister.
In a statement signed by Mr. Bolaji Tunji, Special Adviser on Strategic Communications and Media Relations to the Minister, the Ministry noted as follows:
“Our attention has been drawn to the call by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) urging President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to investigate allegations that over ₦128 billion of public funds are missing or diverted from the Ministry of Power and the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc.
“While the Honourable Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, has no objection to calls for investigation, it is important to clearly state that he was appointed in August 2023, whereas the audit report in question relates to the 2022 financial year.
“Consequently, the issues raised in the referenced audit report pertain entirely to a period before the Minister’s tenure. The call for investigation therefore has no bearing on the operations or financial activities of the Ministry under the current administration.
“The Office of the Honourable Minister reaffirms its commitment to transparency and accountability and will cooperate fully with any legitimate process aimed at addressing legacy issues in the power sector, while remaining focused on its mandate of delivering stable and reliable electricity to all Nigerians.”
The statement further emphasised that the current Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, is widely regarded for his strict adherence to due process, probity, transparency, and accountability, as demonstrated in his previous roles in both the public and private sectors, and remains resolute in safeguarding this reputation.
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