“They’re Not Snatching Anything In Osun State” — Davido Warns Of Election Rigging Plot In New Video
With just hours to go before Osun State votes for its next governor, Davido has released another video staking his claim firmly in the political trenches this time issuing a direct warning that certain forces are being instructed “from the top” to snatch the election, and declaring flatly that it isn’t going to happen.
What He Actually Said
In the video, Davido claims that people are receiving instructions from high-level figures to forcefully seize or manipulate the vote in Osun State, before firmly stating that no such snatching will be allowed to happen. It’s the latest and perhaps most direct escalation yet in what’s become an increasingly personal, increasingly public campaign push from the Afrobeats superstar ahead of Saturday’s election.
Why Davido Has Gone This Hard Into Politics
For context, this isn’t a random outburst it’s the latest chapter in days of escalating political involvement from Davido, whose uncle, incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke, is seeking re-election under the Accord Party banner against APC’s Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji.
The build-up has been intense. On Tuesday, August 11, Davido publicly appealed directly to US President Donald Trump, asking him and the international community to closely monitor the election over fears of violence, intimidation, and disruption to the democratic process an appeal made even more charged by the backdrop of an earlier EFCC freeze on Osun State government accounts, which President Tinubu himself later ordered lifted, citing concerns about its timing so close to the vote.
Just two days later, on Thursday, August 13, Davido escalated further, publicly naming and accusing a woman named Pauline Ugonyeka of being sent to Osun State specifically to rig the election on behalf of Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma, claiming she wasn’t legitimately deployed by INEC despite being listed as a registered electoral commission representative and tagging INEC directly in his post demanding accountability.
That same day, Davido also shared a video purportedly showing the arrest of around eleven suspected political thugs linked to the APC, reportedly being transported in a campaign vehicle a clip that further heightened public anxiety around the security situation ahead of polling day, with concerned voices like businessman Isaac Fayose publicly warning that the country was “in trouble” over the scale of alleged thuggery being reported.
Not Everyone’s Happy With Davido’s Approach
Davido’s aggressive involvement has drawn plenty of pushback too. He’s faced criticism for sharing what he claimed was Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo’s old school leaving certificate after Okpebholo mocked Governor Adeleke’s love of dancing, with a legal practitioner publicly calling on Davido to apologise for the move. The Edo State government also fired back hard at Davido’s appeal to Trump, with a commissioner dismissing it as “arrant nonsense” and telling the singer to focus on winning a Grammy instead of involving foreign leaders in Nigerian elections. Separately, a senator accused by Davido in another shared video of threatening Accord party members publicly denied the footage, calling it an AI-generated fabrication.
Wahala Network Take
Whatever side of this you’re standing on, there’s no denying Davido has made himself one of the loudest, most consistent voices trying to shape the narrative around Saturday’s vote using his massive platform the same way he’d use it to promote an album, except this time the stakes are a governorship, not a chart position. With polls opening imminently, all eyes are now on whether his warnings hold up, or whether they become just another chapter in an already chaotic campaign season.
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