A known Devil And Unknown Devil; The Osun State Guber election.- Gbenga Oderinwale

Saturday 9th of August , osun people went to the polls to elect our governor. Amongst the contestants were Fatai Akinbade of LP, incumbent Rauf Aregbesola of APC, Iyiola Omisore of PDP.
In the next few paragraphs i will higlight some of the reasons the governor was re-elected.
　Togetherness of Osun APC:
Unlike the elections in Ondo and Ekiti where some members of the party were aggrieved pertaining to some issues. In the Ondo Olu Agunloye a former minister was aggrieved at the party's choice of Rotimi Akeredolu as its flag bearer in the guber poll. While in Ekiti a certain Opeyemi Bamidele left APC because he felt the party won't give him the chance to run for governor. This meant that the APC (acn during ondo election) lost certain followership during the Ondo and Ekiti guber polls. In Osun , it was a different ball game, the support for Aregbesola was overwhelming.
　The Muslim agenda:
Aregbesola pursued some agenda which made him popular amongst his muslim faithfuls _ He controversially introduced the wearing of hijabs in government secondary schools across the state (tho he will say he's neither for or against it). Started the celebration of Muslim new year (Hijirah) which was unprecedented in the country. Also large chunk of Muslims were employed into the civil service and OYES . It's only natural for the Muslims to support one of their own. It's no news that the population of Muslims in the state is more than that of Christians, aside Ile- Ife and probably Ilesa most big towns in osun are! predominantly muslim _ Ikirun, Ede, Ila, Iwo, Ikire to mention a few.
　A Known devil and an unknown devil:
There's this popular saying that "a known devil is better than an unknown devil" well in the osun election it seems what we had was a known devil (Aregbesola) and an unknown devil (Omisore). The antecedents of the pdp candidate as an orchestrator of violence and the albatross of the murder of Late Bola Ige did Omisore no good. Thus, many of the people decided to stick with Ogbeni.
　Ongoing projects:
There are various projects yet to be completed by the incumbent governor_ various road constructions , airport, Mall (shoprite), Aje and Dagbolu market, reconstruction of schools etc. We all know that there's no continuity in government in Nigeria of today. Thus the fear of many people that a new government will simply abandon those projects.
　Onipakitis and Iyalojas: Aregbesola aquainted himself with the Craftsmen and artisans (Onipakiti), and the market women (Iyalojas). So much was the acquaintance that he will sing for them during his campaigns and he will also say that the iyalojas own the government ( Iyaloja loni Ijoba). Furthermore , he promised to make 4billion naira available as a non-interest loan for the onipakitis and Iyalojas. It's only natural for them to vote for him.
　Media Propaganda:
The Aregbesola propaganda was massive both in and outside osun. The state tv and radio hardly air jingles of the opposition, "Aregbe lekan si" bombarded the air waves . Also on social media the Aregbesola and APC propaganda held sway.
All these add up to victory for Rauf Aregbesola. Although i was an anti-Aregbesola for various reasons, that doesn't matter the people have decided, who am I to stand in deference to it. All I want is the betterment of my state. Osun a dara!