‘I Won, I Beat You Guys’: Davido, Wike Banter Caps Adeleke’s Post Election Tour

A viral clip of Afrobeats star David Adeleke, better known as Davido, playfully needling Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike with the taunt that he had won and “beat” the minister’s side has become the lighter face of a swift political thaw in Osun State, where a bruising campaign has given way to a round of cordial post-election visits by Governor Ademola Adeleke.

The footage, posted online on Friday, was recorded during the governor’s visit to Wike in Abuja on Thursday. In it, Davido, the governor’s nephew, repeatedly tells a smiling Wike, “I won. I beat you guys,” before prostrating and embracing the minister as the room breaks into laughter.

That easy banter is notable because of how combative the singer had been only weeks earlier. During the campaign, Davido actively canvassed for his uncle and repeatedly accused the ruling party of relying on federal might and disregarding the rule of law in Osun. He declared he would never join the APC and wrote to United States President Donald Trump, urging attention to the poll over fears of violence and disruption. His warm exchange with a senior figure on the opposing side drew mixed reactions online, with some users praising the gesture and others faulting it.

The video capped a busy day of consultations. Adeleke visited Wike shortly after meeting President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, arriving at about 5:20pm on Thursday, accompanied by the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and presenting his certificate of return to the President during a closed-door meeting.

Adeleke used the visit to thank Tinubu for what he described as allowing a free and fair process, calling the President “the father of the nation” and crediting him with fighting for democracy. Wike, days earlier, had dismissed claims that the Federal Government manipulated the election, arguing that the President’s congratulatory call to Adeleke showed the process had been allowed to run its course.

The reconciliation is unfolding over a decisive result. INEC declared Adeleke winner on Sunday after collating results from all 30 local government areas. He polled 511,067 votes on the Accord Party platform to defeat the APC candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, who scored 444,815, a margin of 66,252 votes, while Najeem Salaam of the ADC finished third with 17,180. Adeleke carried 19 councils to Oyebamiji’s 11.

Placed against 2022, the win marks a stronger showing. Adeleke was first elected that year on the PDP platform, defeating the then incumbent, Gboyega Oyetola, by about 28,000 votes while winning 17 councils. His 2026 margin is more than double that gap, and his spread widened even though he switched to the Accord Party for the rematch. The Osun PDP, notably, still backed his re-election bid.

Not every party has accepted the result. The director-general of the APC governorship campaign committee, Oluwole Oke, said the party would not hurriedly congratulate Adeleke. Osun’s recent history gives that caution weight. The 2022 result was overturned by an election petition tribunal in early 2023 before higher courts restored Adeleke to office on appeal.

The celebrations also carry a sombre backdrop. On Wednesday, gunfire erupted in Osogbo shortly after Adeleke collected his certificate and visited the Ataoja, and the police later confirmed that a 60-year-old man was killed in the surrounding streets, an attack investigators linked to a suspected cult clash. At the certificate presentation, Adeleke announced plans for a N500 million endowment fund for victims of election-related violence.

Beyond the viral moment, the sequence reflects a familiar pattern in Nigerian politics, where fierce campaign rhetoric softens quickly into post-election accommodation between winners and the centre of power. For Osun, the immediate test is whether that accommodation holds through any legal challenge and into the local government polls ahead.