When politicians run out of facts, they resort to propaganda. Nigerians saw that play out when Remi Omowaiye, spokesperson of the Osun APC Gubernatorial Campaign Committee, went on national TV to declare that Governor Ademola Adeleke has failed.
Such a verdict would matter — if it came from leaders with a record of results. But Osun people still remember the APC years: unpaid salaries, stranded pensioners, abandoned projects, and a government that felt distant from daily struggles.
So the real question is simple: What did you achieve when you had the chance?
Osun has not forgotten. Civil servants remember the anxiety of half salaries. Pensioners remember the endless queues. Communities remember promises that never became roads. No amount of TV grammar can erase those years.
Compare that with today. Governor Adeleke’s administration is showing a different model — people-first governance. Salaries are paid. Roads are being fixed. Workers are engaged. Pensioners are breathing easier. From Iwo to Ife, from Ede to Ilesa, citizens can point to visible projects and renewed hope.
That is why the opposition is restless. When performance speaks, propaganda shouts. Omowaiye’s outburst didn’t expose Adeleke’s failure. It exposed APC’s fear of Adeleke’s record.
It’s ironic: those who presided over disappointment now want to lecture on competence. But Osun voters have a long memory. They know the difference between leaders who governed with empathy and those who governed with excuses.
Even the attempt to market a new candidate won’t work if the foundation is broken. You don’t rebuild trust by attacking the man fixing what you broke. A party that left Osun workers in pain can not rebrand itself as the solution overnight.
Osun people are wiser now. They are not moved by loud speeches or rehearsed TV attacks. They want results: salaries without stories, roads without potholes, a government that listens without arrogance.
No television appearance can rewrite history. No propaganda can bury what people live through daily.
The truth is clear: You can not disappoint Osun yesterday and deceive Osun today.
Signed: Advocacy for Strategic Alliance, ASA Osun State Chapter
