Osun 2026: Of fear, courage, and Nigeria 2027

In more ways than one, the titanic contest for the governor’s mansion in Osun State in the South West geopolitical zone of the country last weekend provided a window for perceptive political partisans to look into 2027 in terms of the pivotal elections in January and February, especially the presidential election tentatively scheduled for January 16. You may ask why ‘’tentative’’ when the so-called Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC] had already fixed that date for the polls.
Well, in our country nothing is really fixed, nothing is cast in stone.   For these elections next year the Commission had originally fixed Saturday, February 20, for the presidential and National A...