Popular Nigerian activist, Omoyele Sowore has criticised Afrobeats singer, David Adeleke, also known as Davido, over the latter’s recent outing with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike.

DAILY POST reports that the singer and his uncle, Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, visited Wike at his residence in Abuja on Thursday.

In a 16-second video currently making the rounds on social media, Davido was captured having a light conversation with Wike about the outcome of Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State.

Reacting, Sowore described them as political hustlers, wondering why the singer was “genuflecting before Nyesom Wike” despite the killing of Osun residents during the election period.

In a post on his X handle, Sowore wrote:

“Nigerian political hustlers will deceive the public, and the gullible will swallow the deception whole.

“Here is the loud and lousy @davido genuflecting before Nyesom Wike @GovWike, barely a week after their ‘agreement is agreement’ election politics in Osun, a contest marred by deadly violence and the loss of scores of lives.

“Behind all the public grandstanding, insults, and manufactured outrage, these political actors know exactly where their interests converge.

“Dissemblers. Gerrymanderers. Carpetbaggers. Political hustlers. Lying machines. When their interests are at stake, the masks come off.”

There were reports that supporters of both the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Accord Party were murdered before and during Saturday’s election.

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has described the African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, as a voodoo economist.

Wike made the remark while insisting that Atiku is not a leading contender in the 2027 presidential election.

He spoke in Abuja while addressing journalists in reaction to Atiku’s claim that he would not remove the fuel subsidy if elected president in 2027.

In a Facebook live session, Atiku said he would not remove the fuel subsidy because the scheme was shrouded in fraud.

He charged the Nigerian government to reveal the amount realised from the removal of the fuel subsidy and where the money was spent.

However, Wike said: “I disagree that Atiku is one of the leading presidential candidates. We have only one leading candidate, and that is Bola Tinubu.

“I have people who really deserve elections, and why did I say so? Elections are not merely about parties presenting their candidates.

“2027 is gone because we don’t have any opposition that wants to wrestle power from the government.

“Atiku, who is a voodoo economist, will say anything just to be president. This was a man who was going to remove the fuel subsidy in 2022.

“Now, in 2026, he is not going to remove the fuel subsidy. Is he going back to the fraud which he alleged the fuel subsidy was? We should be consistent in what we send to our people.”

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kebbi State on Thursday held a meeting with aspirants for the Senate, House of Representatives and State House of Assembly ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The meeting, held at the party’s state secretariat in Birnin Kebbi, was attended by commissioners, local government chairmen, the Speaker of the State House of Assembly and other party stakeholders.

The meeting was led by the Acting State Chairman of the APC, Alhaji Adamu Mudi Augie, alongside members of the State Working Committee.

Discussions at the meeting focused on internal coordination, grassroots mobilisation and preparations for the 2027 general elections.

Participants also discussed cooperation and discipline among party members ahead of the elections.

The meeting was part of the party’s consultations with its aspirants, elected officials and other stakeholders as preparations for the 2027 elections continue.