Nigerians on social media platform X are widely circulating a political meme adapting it to all life experiences spanning sports, economy, relationship, religion, education, governance and business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The meme came up within the context of a recent political event, the off-cycle gubernatorial election in the southwestern state of Osun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Seen as a precursor to the upcoming 2027 main election cycle, the Osun vote attracted a lot of attention before, during and after results were announced by the election management body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From the rancorous and in some instances deadly campaigns and allegations of federal might being used to unfairly influence the vote for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji (AMBO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then there was the freezing of the Osun State government\u2019s bank accounts with weeks to the election and a social media petition by Afrobeats star, Davido, calling on US president<\/a> Donald Trump to intervene to guarantee \u201cpeace, transparency, and a free and fair election.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Davido, real name David Adedeji Adeleke became a major player in the campaign of the sitting governor, his uncle Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke, who run on the ticket of the ACCORD party while seeking reelection despite having been elected governor in 2022 on the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Governor Adeleke is the man at the center of the viral meme that shows him seated in a sofa, swiftly motioning to someone to halt and or hold on to an action. <\/p>\n\n\n\n FactSpace West Africa used Google Reverse Image Search to trace the video from which the meme was extracted. Our search led us to a YouTube video<\/a> that showed Governor Adeleke at his residence with supporters listening to the announcement of final results from INEC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cChief Ademola Jackson Nurudeen (this is the exact moment he made the hold on gesture)<\/em><\/strong> of ACCORD party having satisfied the requirement of the law, is hereby declared the winner,\u201d the returning officer is heard saying before the room broke into celebrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOrigin of the video <\/h2>\n\n\n\n