Activist and African Action Congress presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has fired back at Afrobeats superstar Davido following a social media clash that has sparked widespread reactions online.
The controversy began after Sowore criticised Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke’s leadership, describing him as someone with “nothing upstairs.”
Sowore also dismissed claims of road construction in the state and alleged that governance in Osun had effectively been handed over to the Adeleke family.
Davido subsequently responded on social media by calling Sowore “arindin,” a Yoruba term for a foolish person, with the post quickly going viral across social media platforms.
Sowore, however, refused to back down and took to his official X handle to redirect the “arindin” label at Governor Adeleke himself, while also questioning the governor’s academic history.
He claimed Adeleke obtained the equivalent of a GED after already serving as a Nigerian senator, using the development to criticise the quality of leadership Nigerians were being subjected to.
Sowore also took aim at Adeleke’s endorsement of President Bola Tinubu as his preferred candidate for the 2027 presidential election, despite the governor’s affiliation with the Accord Party rather than the APC.
According to Sowore, the endorsement was motivated by an attempt to preserve the Adeleke family’s political control over Osun State.
He wrote: “The real arindin is your uncle, @AAdeleke_01, who had to go back and obtain the equivalent of a GED after he had already served as a Nigerian Senator. The real arindin is your uncle who chose @officialABAT as his presidential candidate, apparently hoping that imbecilic political loyalty would allow your family to continue treating Osun State as a private estate to finance your extravagant lifestyle. All of you are the same anyway, oppressive, corrupt, incompetent, and entitled spoilt brats, feeding off the pain, suffering, and sorrow of Nigerians. But the tables will turn. The Nigerian people will not endure this forever.”