Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, professionally known as Davido, reacted to the ruling by the Supreme Court affirming his Uncle, Ademola Adeleke, as governor of Osun state.
A nearly one-year-long legal dispute between Senator Ademola Adeleke and former Governor Gboyega Oyetola was finally resolved when the supreme court upheld Adeleke’s election as the governor of Osun State.
Delivering judgment on Tuesday, a five-member panel of the apex court held that the court of appeal correctly reinstated Adeleke as governor.
Reacting to the good news, Davido shared the verdict on his Instagram story and congratulated Osun state indigenes and stated that the ruling marks a time of freedom for them.
He wrote;
“It has been a long battle.
Congratulations to the Osun people, it is indeed freedom time. The battle has been on for years but God has been with us. Congratulations to everyone! @aadeleke_01”
In other news, famous Nollywood actress and politician, Funke Akindele has revealed why she stayed off Twitter after losing the governorship election in Lagos state.
The multi-talented thespian, who was the deputy governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was forced to ditch her political ambition after losing to the incumbent governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
Following her defeat, she deleted all political campaign posts from her social media page, leaving only movie promotion posts. She also kept a low profile on Twitter, only occasionally sharing movie content.
Well, she took to her Twitter handle on Thursday to share a lovely video of herself and it sparked a ton of reactions from fans wondering why she left the platform.
Reacting, a follower wrote, “Madam Funke, I sight you… Longest time.. you run away from us abi wot happen?”
Funke, in her response, disclosed that she left Twitter because the platform is toxic and unhealthy due to excessive insults from trolls.