Group Berates Davido,Says Celebrity Influence Can’t Make Anyichuks Next Ebonyi Governor
By Alex Odeh| Pan Afric Reporters
The Ebonyi South Youth Assembly (ESYA), a socio-political organisation in Ebonyi State, has dismissed Nigerian Afrobeats singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, over his recent social media comment expressing support for Chief Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii, popularly known as Anyichuks, ahead of the 2027 Ebonyi State governorship election.
Davido had reportedly described Anyichuks as his “next project” in Ebonyi ahead of the 2027 governorship election, a development that has continued to generate reactions among political stakeholders and groups in the state.
Reacting to the development, the National President of the Ebonyi South Youth Assembly, Odii Njoku, in a statement made available to journalists, said the singer should not assume that political dynamics in Ebonyi State could be influenced in the same manner as in other states.
Njoku said Ebonyi State was different from Osun State, stressing that the people of Ebonyi would determine who succeeds Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru through the ballot box and not through the influence of celebrities or social media campaigns.
According to him, Ebonyians, particularly youths, are satisfied with the administration of Governor Nwifuru, which he said had continued to place the interests and welfare of young people at the centre of its development agenda.
The ESYA president pointed to the Governor’s People’s Charter of Needs as one of the administration’s major initiatives, arguing that the projects and policies being implemented across the state would speak for the governor as the 2027 election approaches.
Njoku further claimed that the people of Ebonyi State would resist any attempt to influence their political choices through financial inducement, celebrity endorsements or social media campaigns, insisting that the electorate had the constitutional right to choose their preferred candidate.
He described Anyichuks as a politician whose campaign, according to him, had been largely driven by Facebook and other social media platforms, while urging opposition politicians to engage the people directly with concrete programmes and policies.
The youth leader called on Ebonyi youths to remain focused and issue-based in their political engagements, saying the 2027 election should be about development, accountability, competence and the future of the state rather than personality clashes or celebrity endorsements.
Njoku also urged Davido to refrain from comments that could generate tension or inflame political sentiments in Ebonyi State, stressing that political disagreements should not be allowed to degenerate into hate speech or actions capable of threatening the peace of the state.
He advised the singer to concentrate on political developments in his home state of Osun and allow Ebonyians to independently decide who would emerge as governor in the 2027 governorship election, insisting that the people of Ebonyi would not surrender their political choice to external influence.
