Why Senator Adeola “Yayi” & Reps Member “GNI” Isiaka’s Men Are At War

A political war is on in Ogun state.

And it has pitched supporters of two chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) against one another.

The Information available to SocietyNow.Ng revealed that loyalists of Senator Solomon Adeola famously known as Yayi and House of Representatives Member, Gboyega Nasir Isiaka more popularly known as GNI are having it out all over social media platforms – particularly WhatsApp – in trying to protect the interests of their principals.

Their “barbs and shots” erupted into an “open social media war” decorated with unsubstantiated accusations and name-calling towards the end of last week.

At stake is who becomes the candidate of their region – Yewa – in the struggle to determine the successor of Governor Dapo Abiodun in 2027.

Interestingly, Yewa – a minority vote area – is yet to produce a Governor largely because of what is playing out between the supporters of the two National Assembly members from the region.

“Gubernatorial aspirants from the region have always refused to step down and would have done so much damage to one another in fights to become gubernatorial flagbearers that political parties keen to win elections usually pick candidates from large vote areas playing smarter politics” SocietyNow.Ng gathered.

Checks revealed that although in the same political party, this is not the first time Adeola and Isiaka would be on opposing sides.

The same development reportedly played out ahead of the 2023 general election with the Yayi camp gaining the upper hand with Adeola’s emergence as the party’s Senatorial candidate and election victory to become Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The GNI group was assuaged by Isiaka’s emergence as a House of Representatives member.

While GNI is a grounded and multiple-time gubernatorial candidate in Ogun state, Yayi is the newest political sensation in the state.