Afrobeats star David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has alleged that soldiers are attempting to prevent him from entering Osun State as residents vote in the governorship election.
Davido made the claim in a post on his verified X account early Saturday.
“I’ve been reliably informed that soldiers are trying to prevent me from entering Osun tomorrow, this won’t happen, every citizen of Nigeria has the right to movement at any point of time,” he wrote.
His claim comes hours after the Nigeria Police Force announced a restriction of movement across Osun State from midnight on Friday until 6:00 p.m. on Saturday as part of security measures for the election.
Thousands of police officers and other security personnel have been deployed across the state to maintain security during the poll.
Davido, who is a nephew of Governor Ademola Adeleke, has been actively campaigning for his uncle, who is seeking re-election on the platform of the Accord Party.
The governor is facing Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and other candidates in the off-cycle election.
Davido’s allegation has generated mixed reactions, with some social media users pointing to the already announced movement restriction as a possible explanation for security checks, while others raised concerns about whether the restriction was being selectively applied.
Bashir Ahmad, a former presidential media aide, dismissed Davido’s claim as “dramatic”, arguing that the movement restriction had already been publicly announced by security agencies.
“You are just dramatic, @davido. It has been widely announced by the security operators that movement in and around Osun will be restricted from 12 midnight today until 6 pm today due to the election and this is a standard security measure during elections anywhere not peculiar to Osun,” Ahmad wrote.
He emphasized that the constitutional right to freedom of movement does not exempt citizens from lawful security measures introduced to protect the electoral process.
“So the right to freedom of movement does not mean ignoring lawful security measures put in place to ensure a peaceful and credible election,” he added.
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