Afrobeats singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido says he witnessed President Bola Tinubu’s telephone conversation with the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke.

DAILY POST earlier reported that the President held a phone call with the governor, who is also the candidate of the Acord Party in the August 15, 2026 gubernatorial election in the state.

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Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja has affirmed Chief Thomas Ereyitomi as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Warri House of Representatives seat in the 2027 general election.

The judge on Thursday dismissed a suit brought against him by another aspirant for the constituency, Dr Ekpoto Emmanuel, challenging his nomination and submission of his name to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

Emmanuel had in the suit prayed the court to nullify the emergence of Ereyitomi as the candidate of the APC for the Warri Federal Constituency.

His grouse against Ereyitomi’s nomination by APC was that he was a member of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, at the time he stood for the May 16, 2026 primary election that produced him.

The plaintiff urged the court to disqualify Ereyitomi who is the 3rd defendant in the suit and declare him the lawful winner of the primary election, having scored second highest votes in the primary poll.

However, in his judgment, Justice Umar agreed with Ereyitomi, APC and INEC that the case of the plaintiff was membership of a political party.

The judge held that membership of political party is an internal affairs of the APC and cannot be looked into by any law court.

He also held that once the National Working Committee of a political party sets up a screening committee, and all aspirants screened and cleared and proceeded to sell expression of interest and nomination forms to candidates, it is assumed that the issue of membership of the party by the cleared aspirant can no longer be an issue as in the present case.

The judge stated, “What is more, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the custodian of party documents including membership register, claimed that it was not aware of dual party membership raised against the third defendant (Thomas).

“On his part, the third defendant in his counter-affidavit made it clear that he registered at Ogidigben Ward of Warri and displayed his temporary membership card issued to him by the leaders at the ward, a claim that was not challenged by the plaintiff.

“From the totality of the claims and reliefs sought by the plaintiff it is crystal clear that his case revolves around party membership which in my view and in view of plethora of decisions of the Supreme Court, fall within the internal affairs of a political party, and it is therefore outside the purview of this court to go into.

“I therefore do not hesitate to hold the view that the case of the plaintiff falls squarely in the internal affairs of the APC.”

Consequently, Justice Umar held that the case of the plaintiff was lacking in merit, and as a result, dismissed it.

A Chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has faulted the freezing of bank accounts of the Osun State Government by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, ahead the of the governorship election in the state.

Eze described the development as a dangerous move that is capable of undermining the nations nascent democracy.

In a statement on Thursday, the ADC chieftain said anti-corruption institutions derive their legitimacy from fairness, impartiality and fidelity to the rule of law, noting that once their actions become selective and politically convenient, public confidence is inevitably eroded.

“It is impossible to ignore the glaring double standards that have come to define the operations of the EFCC. Nigerians watched for years as allegations of reckless expenditure, questionable contract awards, and extravagant deployment of Rivers State resources under the administration of former Governor Nyesom Wike dominated public discourse.

“Billions of naira belonging to the people of Rivers State were allegedly dispensed through donations to other states, politically motivated projects, and contracts reportedly awarded at outrageously inflated costs. Yet, the EFCC neither demonstrated the same urgency nor exhibited the zeal it now deploys against perceived political opponents,” he said.

Eze maintained that if the EFCC genuinely seeks to fight corruption, no public official, regardless of political affiliation or proximity to the Federal Government, should enjoy immunity from investigation.

He stressed that selective justice is nothing but injustice disguised as law enforcement, warned that the anti-graft agency risks destroying its institutional credibility if it continues to operate on the basis of political convenience rather than evidence and due process.

He urged the EFCC to immediately reverse any action capable of crippling the legitimate activities of the Osun State Government without due judicial process and to reassure Nigerians through transparent and even-handed enforcement that it remains an independent institution rather than an extension of partisan politics.

He further called on the commission to investigate every allegation of corruption wherever it exists, including those involving politically influential individuals, instead of concentrating its attention only on states governed by perceived opponents of the ruling establishment.

Eze appealed to the people of Osun State to remain peaceful, vigilant and resolute as they prepare for the governorship election. He urged them not to be intimidated by actions that may be perceived as attempts to influence the electoral process through state institutions.

According to him, democracy flourishes only when elections are conducted on a level playing field where the will of the people, and not the machinery of political persecution, determines the outcome.