As Osun State moves toward its 2026 governorship election, the familiar convergence of political ambition and armed violence has claimed at least five lives since June, prompting police to name five suspected masterminds and a governor to attempt suppressing a powerful transport union. Yet the union has refused to yield, invoking federal law against state authority and installing new leadership to honor its electoral obligations. What unfolds in Osun is not merely a local security crisis but an older, recurring question in democratic societies: who holds legitimate power when institutions comp
Osun Police Hunt Political Violence Suspects as NURTW Defies Suspension Order
At least five residents killed in political violence since June 2026, including teenager Olapade Ezekiel in Ilobu and 70-year-old Kazeem Akande in Osogbo.