What’s Cooking in Lagos? A Davido, Adeleke, Tinubu Rendezvous

It was the kind of visit that gets both the political class whispering and the pop culture crowd squinting: Governor AdemolaAdeleke, billionaire mogul AdedejiAdeleke, and global music star Davido paid a courtesy call to President Bola Tinubu in Lagos last week. It wasn’t a secret. Davido himself served the photo evidence—smiles, agbadas, and all—on Instagram like fresh jollof at a Sunday brunch.

But what does it all mean?

In Nigeria, where politics is a theatre of symbols, optics like this don’t just happen. Not with a sitting president. Not with the Adeleke clan, long seen as a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) powerhouse. And certainly not with Davido, who, while not overtly partisan, has often been the melodic voice behind his uncle’s (successful) gubernatorial campaigns.

So, when the musician who once bemoaned the state of Nigeria in interviews is suddenly seen grinning beside the Commander-in-Chief, social media ignited. Critics cried double standards, asking why Davido gets a pass while others—like Toyin Abraham or EniolaBadmus—were digitally flogged for similar proximity to power. “Na celebrity we like, so we close eye?” one tweet read.

Of course, in the Adeleke ecosystem, power, wealth, and fame are tightly braided. AdedejiAdeleke isn’t just Davido’s father—he’s a financier, a university founder, and a man whose political footprints stretch well beyond Osun. That the family is meeting Tinubu might signal détente, alliance—or simply realpolitik.

The truth? Nobody knows for sure. It could be a soft handshake behind a harder bargain, a courtesy call masking future ambitions, or just one of those “Nigeria is bigger than politics” moments. But something is simmering, and in this country, such visits rarely end in just tea and pleasantries. One thing’s clear: the photos were posted, the timing was intentional, and the silence afterwards is speaking louder than words. So again, what’s cooking? Stay tuned