cKaiser:
Those trying to link this to Tinubu, Well this serves as a lesson, Fayose is more like Tinubu in outlook and grassroot. While Fayemi and Fashola are similar (technocrats)

A typical Tinubu/Fayose/Aregbesola would be seen in the local area drinking palmwine, smoking weed, dancing fuji, you would hear Wasiu singing for him regularly, while you would never find a Fayemi/Fashola in such gathering

But the reality is that in Nigeria and Africa Its the Tinubu/Fayose/Adedibu/Saraki people who win elections
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Er, you forgot that part of the reasons the Ekiti voted against Fayemi was because of Tinubu's overbearing attitude in the APC which the Ekiti people disliked. They felt Tinubu would be calling the shots indirectly in Ekiti through Fayemi, if he was re-elected.

Apart from that, I tend to belive most of what you wrote in your post. Populist figures tend to command a greater following among the electorate, than the technocrats.

laudate:

Er, you forgot that part of the reasons the Ekiti voted against Fayemi was because of Tinubu's overbearing attitude in the APC which the Ekiti people disliked. They felt Tinubu would be calling the shots indirectly in Ekiti through Fayemi, if he was re-elected.

Apart from that, I tend to belive most of what you wrote in your post. Populist figures tend to command a greater following among the electorate, than the technocrats.

Ekiti people didnt vote against Fayemi because of Tinubu, they voted for someone who was more connected to them in the grassroot.
Fayemi was seen as an elite who cant relate to them, while Fayose was seen as a man of the grassroot

If Tinubu had died 2yrs ago Fayose would still have beated Fayemi with the way politics is played in Nigeria

I also used to think Fayemi goof with the new govt house project until i heard of the plan of the current govt house. He plans to turn it to a world class hotel (which was the initial plan. Niyi Adebayo was building a hotel and Fayose turned it to what it is now)
the hotel will defly provide employment.