{"id":195094,"date":"2026-02-16T10:35:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T09:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/adelekes-removal-possible-only-through-rigging"},"modified":"2026-02-16T11:40:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T10:40:59","slug":"adelekes-removal-possible-only-through-rigging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/adelekes-removal-possible-only-through-rigging","title":{"rendered":"Adeleke&#8217;s Removal Possible Only Through Rigging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has disclosed the only condition that would lead to the defeat of Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State.<\/p>\n<p>Primate Ayodele said Adeleke would lose the next governorship election only if he is rigged out.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing journalists on Sunday, the clergyman urged State governors to be closer to their people.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cI\u2019m not afraid to say this, when you are a governor you must be closer to the people and you must do well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can tell you for free that except there is rigging, it\u2019s still Ademola Adeleke. If they don\u2019t rig Adeleke will win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet Nigeria create Nigerian Thanksgiving Day, pastors don\u2019t tell Tinubu the right thing, let him create Nigerian Thanksgiving day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has disclosed the only condition that would lead to the defeat of Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State. Primate Ayodele said Adeleke would lose the next governorship election only if he is rigged out. 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