Is Iyabo Obasanjo on a Wild Goose Chase? 

This is the question agitating the minds of many in Ogun State and beyond.

As the daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, her foray into politics seems to have a divine seal. This is largely because she shot into the spotlight soon after she became a partisan politician.

From the beginning, the former senator and veterinary doctor’s political path was, without doubt, laced with roses. In fact, her meteoric rise was applauded, particularly by the womenfolk.

She represented Ogun Central Senatorial District in the red chamber. She was also the Chairman of the Senate’s Health Committee, and a member of the Security and Intelligence, Land Transport, Science and Technology, Education, National Planning, and Inter-Parliamentary Committees.

But all this came to an abrupt end shortly after her father left office. She experienced a huge setback in the Senate after she was alleged to have been involved in a graft case with the former Minister for Health, Prof. Adenike Grange, over unspent funds in the Ministry of Health.

Although the matter was thrown out of court and later alleged ‘blackmail’, it was a discreditable moment for her seemingly smooth political career.

Her political career was again chequered in 2015 when she was unable to secure her return to the Senate and was trounced by Gbenga Obadara of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

She, thereafter, went into a self-imposed political exile, particularly after her party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), failed to make any meaningful impact in the state. It was a good sign for her to quit the stage.

Just when many have concluded that she may have bid a final farewell to politics, the first child of the former president has now staged a comeback, this time around with a bigger aspiration.

Sources claim that she is bidding for the top job in the state. Yet, not many consider her dream as a tall one, more like building castles in the air.