Tale of Two Princes: Ogun 2027’s Curtain Rises

Ogun politics, never short on theatrics, has opened another act. This time, up on the stage are two familiar faces from Yewaland rehearsing for a throne that sits only one.

In one corner stands Senator Solomon Adeola, better known as Yayi, fresh from delivering Ogun West its first federal university. A legislative feat eight years in the making. The people danced. The drums beat. Even sceptics had to admit: the man knows how to time a political overture.

In the other corner, Prince Gboyega Nasir Isiaka (GNI to insiders): seasoned, persistent, and once the golden boy of OtunbaGbenga Daniel. A technocrat-turned-politician, GNI is no stranger to ambition. He’s run for governor more than once, each time with the confidence of a man convinced history was finally bending in his direction.

Last week, however, the two titans didn’t merely cross paths; their supporters clashed, vocally and visually, over who truly wears the crown of Ogun West’s grassroots. Tantrums flew. So did political side-eyes. The message, though not in any campaign flyer, was unmistakable: the governorship of 2027 is now a full-contact sport.

The real question, however, looms larger than any individual ambition: why can’t the Yewa axis, long marginalised in Ogun’s top office lottery, present a unified front?

For a region still waiting to make its first real mark in Oke-Mosan, the infighting seems less like healthy democracy and more like political cannibalism. Meanwhile, Ogun East and Ogun Central, veterans in gubernatorial rotation, are watching. Closely. And possibly with popcorn.

At stake is more than a governorship. It’s legacy, recognition and the elusive belief that Yewa’s time has come.

Whether that time will be shared or squandered may depend less on who shouts loudest, and more on who, finally, chooses to listen.