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By 'Tola Adelani A few minutes before I decided to pen this, I read one Ayo Ologun's opinion in which he made futile efforts to rubbish the personality of Adewale Egbedun, while trying to stylishly prop up some alternatives as the ones qualified to be Speaker. I do not know this Ayo Ologun, but his contribution to this discourse encouraged me to speak about the ongoing Speakership debate in Osun. Prior to the Ayo Ologun intervention, I read many other posts on Facebook and other social platforms that tried to achieve the same purpose of rubbishing Adewale Egbedun. What most of the posts tried to do was paint Egbedun as an internet fraudster to discredit him in the minds and hearts of his sincere lovers. I think I am familiar with this style of many Yoruba people, if I am to not say Nigerians. When people cannot define how you have attained the height you are at that they have been unable to attain, they conclude you must have achieved yours by fraud. In the mind of ...

One Osun lawmaker whom all eyes are on presently, as a new assembly speaker is about to be inaugurated in Osun State come May 29 this year, is Hon. Adewale Egbedun. He is one of the 26 honorables who won their various constituencies in the recently concluded election in the state. Prince Adewale Egbedun, you would recall,  not a new name in Osun state politics, He contested the 2019 OSHA election under the platform of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) but lost to the APC's candidate. The March 18 state house of assembly election, however, finally became the destiny fulfillment for a true navigator who was never deterred by his past failures. The big news about Hon. Adewale Egbedun now is that he is being positioned to emerge speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly. In fact, this, we exclusively gathered, has been ratified. Some say Adewale Egbedun may have been considered for this position due to zoning formula, which is said to have favoured Osun ...