The elder brother of Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, Dr. Adedeji Adeleke, has said that the family’s victory over the immediate past governor, Gboyega Oyetola, in the state’s governorship election was not driven by superior financial resources, but by fervent prayers.

Adedeji Adeleke made this known while speaking in a video shared by X user #Oyindamola on Monday, at a ceremony held to celebrate his brother’s victory in the Osun governorship election on Sunday.

“The only reason why we defeated Oyetola is not because we are bigger, or we spend more money than him”

He said that despite reports that the opposition allegedly spent as much as N60bn during the election, with vote buying reportedly going for as high as N50,000 in some areas, the outcome of the poll was ultimately determined by divine intervention rather than money.

“On election, they did not spend any money. (0:20) They spent 60 billion as we heard. Some places they bought votes for as high as 50,000 Naira for one single vote.”

According to him, on the day of the election, upon learning of the scale of the alleged spending by the opposition, he retreated to his room to pray, asking God to allow voters to collect the money being offered but still cast their votes in favour of Ademola Adeleke.

“On the day of the election, when I heard the kind of money they were spending, I went back to my little corner in my room and I knelt down and I prayed to God. I said, God Almighty, please let people collect their money, but let them still vote for Ademola Adeleke.”

He explained that he had, before the election, maintained a consistent routine of prayer, during which he read specific Bible passages, including a portion of the Book of Isaiah, chapter 41, which he described as forming part of his daily spiritual practice and testimony.

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𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎: 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐖𝐨𝐧 𝐔𝐬 𝐎𝐬𝐮𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐥, 𝐒𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐃𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐣𝐢 𝐀𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐤𝐞

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