Adelabu vs Inflated Votes: How “Estimated Figures” Cost Him the Oyo APC Primary

Nigeria’s former Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, resigned to contest the Oyo State governorship under the APC. When the primary votes were announced, his opponent tallied a staggering 576,000 votes. A check of the party’s membership register showed only 157,000 registered members in the state. Adelabu now alleges those primary figures were “estimated” to deny him victory. Many Nigerians recall how his ministry imposed estimated electricity bills—charging for power that never came, discriminating across tariff bands and pushing “premium blackout packages.” Today, the same estimated system he once championed has, in his view, short-circuited his political ambition. And the rest of us? We’re already laughing in estimated laughter. 🤣🤣🤣

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