Osogbo Poster Row: K-RAD’s Rising Profile Puts Olaoluwa’s Accord Camp in the Spotlight

By Reloaded News Desk

A video showing campaign posters of Aare Ganiyu Olaoluwa placed over those of Kunle Rasheed Adegoke (SAN), popularly known as K-RAD, has stirred a fresh political dispute in Osogbo, bringing the rivalry between the APC and Accord Party senatorial camps in Osun Central into sharper focus.

K-RAD’s media team has accused supporters of Olaoluwa, the Accord Party candidate for the district, of destroying or covering the APC candidate’s campaign materials. The team has called on Olaoluwa to caution his supporters and warned that it could pursue legal remedies if the alleged conduct continues.

The incident has generated attention because it involves two candidates competing for the same senatorial seat, with campaign visibility becoming one of the ways political contenders establish their presence before voters.

For K-RAD, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria who has maintained a visible public profile through political statements and campaign engagements, the dispute offers another moment in the public spotlight. His recent interventions on youth violence, political thuggery and the conduct of political actors have also featured in media coverage of Osun politics.

For Olaoluwa and the Accord camp, the allegation creates a question that goes beyond the posters themselves; how will the party respond to an accusation involving the conduct of people said to support its candidate, at a time when the two camps are competing for political recognition in Osun Central?

The circulating footage shows the posters overlapping and a response from Olaoluwa or his campaign organisation would help clarify their position on the incident.

The dispute also comes against the backdrop of earlier disagreements between APC and Accord campaign organisations in Osun over the destruction of political billboards and campaign materials. Those previous disputes demonstrate why allegations involving campaign property can quickly become politically charged in the state.

The latest incident leaves both camps with a choice, allow a dispute over posters to escalate into a wider exchange of accusations, or establish the facts and keep the contest focused on their respective programmes and appeal to voters.

For now, the video has placed the two senatorial camps in the same news cycle and it has created a sensation in the political space that maybe the Accord party’s candidate and his followers are jittery of the popularity of APC’s candidate and his wide acceptability within Osun Central Senatorial district, time will definitely tell.

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