OSUN GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION: LET THE PEOPLE’S MANDATE STAND

Osun voters have spoken; INEC must resist every attempt to manipulate the outcome

Mẹkunnu Kọya,

Osogbo, The Mẹkunnu Kọya movement has commended the largely peaceful conduct of Osun voters during today’s governorship election, despite isolated reports of intimidation, violence, vote-buying and other electoral infractions.

The movement noted that incidents including the reported forceful dispersal of voters, alleged carting away of ballot papers, the attack in Ejigbo, the reported assault on the ADC governorship candidate and the alleged intimidation of Alhaja Sekinat Temilade, an aide to Governor Ademola Adeleke, did not deter the people from exercising their democratic rights.

Mẹkunnu Kọya observed that Osun voters had demonstrated remarkable courage and determination, particularly in the face of reported vote-buying ranging from ₦20,000 to ₦50,000 in some areas.

The movement, however, warned that the relative peace maintained during voting must not be destroyed at the collation stage through manipulation of the electoral process.

It expressed concern over reports that some duly accredited party agents and returning officers were allegedly prevented from accessing collation centres, stressing that such actions could create unnecessary tension and suspicion.

Mẹkunnu Kọya therefore strongly condemned any attempt to manufacture an inconclusive election as a political strategy to alter the outcome or impose an unpopular candidate rejected by the electorate.

The movement called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to resist every form of political pressure and complete the collation and declaration process transparently, impartially and in accordance with the law.

It stressed that there must be “no midnight abracadabra, no manufactured inconclusiveness, no selective cancellation of results and no manipulation designed to favour an anointed candidate.”

Mẹkunnu Kọya also appealed to security agencies, political parties and all electoral stakeholders to exercise restraint and responsibility, while urging Osun voters to remain peaceful but vigilant until the final result is declared.

The movement emphasized that voters must protect their mandate through lawful and democratic means, declaring: “Osun voters have spoken with their votes. Let their votes be counted. Let their votes be heard. Let their mandate stand.”

According to Mẹkunnu Kọya, Osun people know whom they voted for, while Nigerians and the international community are watching the collation and declaration process.

It warned that any declaration that fails to reflect the genuine mandate expressed at the polling units would further undermine public confidence in Nigeria’s democratic process and should be challenged through all lawful democratic means.

The movement concluded with a direct appeal to INEC: “INEC must not disappoint the people of Osun. The electoral umpire must allow the people’s will, not political pressure, to determine the outcome of this election.”

OSUN HAS SPOKEN. LET THE PEOPLE’S VOICE BE RESPECTED.

Mẹkunnu Kọya Blog

15 August 2026

#OsunDecide: Mẹkunnu Kọya Raises Alarm Over Intimidation, Vote-Buying in Osogbo

Osogbo, August 15, 2026

The Mẹkunnu Kọya movement has raised the alarm over alleged voter intimidation, vote-buying and illegal voting in parts of Osogbo and Olorunda as the Osun governorship election continues.

Reports reaching the movement indicate that individuals are moving around with registers of names written in exercise books, allegedly as part of a new method of coordinating vote-buying. One of the reported locations is Polling Unit 025, Ataoja E, Registration Area Code EC30(A).

There are also reports that suspected political thugs have chased away voters believed to be supporters of the ADC and Accord parties at Ward 5, Unit 20, Freedom Park, as well as around Central Mosque, Kaka Isale Aro, Osogbo.

Mẹkunnu Kọya said similar incidents are being reported across several wards in Osogbo and Olorunda, with allegations that some known and unknown security operatives are either conniving with the perpetrators or failing to prevent the intimidation.

The movement also alleged that political mercenaries imported from neighbouring states are being deployed around polling units, with some allegedly using codes to gain access to voting despite not being legitimate voters. It further alleged that opposition party agents attempting to challenge such irregularities are being intimidated or driven away.

According to Mẹkunnu Kọya, the unfolding developments reinforce its earlier warning that the electoral process could be manipulated to produce a predetermined outcome in favour of a particular candidate.

The movement has called on INEC, security agencies, accredited observers and all stakeholders to act immediately to protect voters, enforce the electoral rules and prevent illegal voting and intimidation.

Mẹkunnu Kọya insists that the people of Osun must be allowed to freely exercise their franchise and that the final result must reflect the genuine will of the electorate.

Iran Unveils a large collection of US & Israeli aircraft & UAV wreckage recovered during recent war

For many decades, the United States built up something as powerful as aircraft carriers and squadrons of F-35s and many other sophisticated fighter jets and drones. The Iran war has been a master class in how to squander it. 

The Islamic Republic of Iran has unveiled a large collection of US & Israeli aircraft & UAV wreckage recovered during the recent war, displayed inside an underground IRGC Aerospace Force air-defense base.

Among them are wreckage from MQ-9 Reapers, Hermes 900s, Hermes 450s, alongside an MQ-9 identified with serial number 261. 

Tehran says some UAVs were also recovered largely intact despite multiple methods to evade air-defense detection and interception.

Iran also displayed the remains of a US F-15 shot down on April 3. According to the IRGC, the aircraft was shot down using a new domestically produced air-defense system and missile combined with unconventional tactics, leaving its crew only seconds to react before impact.

The IRGC says more than 85% of its air-defense production infrastructure survived the war, allowing production and deliveries to continue without significant interruption. Production rates for several missiles and systems that proved effective during the fighting have reportedly since risen above pre-war levels.

Also displayed are Starlink terminals, which Iran says were associated with communications involving U.S. and Israeli UAV operations and networks inside Iran.

171 aircrafts (majority drones) were hit during the war, including 10 crewed aircraft, alongside numerous UAVs and cruise missiles. 

Iran says the wreckage displayed at the underground facility represents only a portion of the aircraft and drones it has brought down

Fake intelligence worse than fake news, Tehran accuses U.S., Israeli intelligence agencies of feeding Trump severe lies

Iran has publicly accused U.S. and Israeli intelligence agencies of feeding Donald Trump severe misinformation about the Iran war, warning that "worse than fake news is fake intelligence" as Washington faces another major miscalculation over the Strait of Hormuz.

The accusation follows a WaPo report that Israel fed the CIA a fake Iranian assassination plot against Trump to manipulate U.S. policy — intelligence the CIA had "low confidence" in and could not verify.

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted: "The U.S. has long miscalculated due to intelligence failures. Case in point: The war on Iran. Now, an even bigger miscalculation on the Strait of Hormuz. Worse than fake news is fake intelligence. Be careful."

President Donald Trump was told by the Secret Service in Turkey that Iran could assassinate him. He hides in a catering truck all the way to the airport and left Turkey after the NATO meeting in a military plane. 

An evident that US has been deceived and lured into the Iran's war by deceptive and fake intelligence reports by the CIA and the Israel.

The same fake intelligence reports playing out on the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran Military Rejects Trump’s Claims on Strait of Hormuz as “Baseless Lies” Tehran has stated that the strait remains closed/restricted and fully under Iranian control and management.

Commercial ships and tankers must obtain permission and be supervised by Iranian forces to transit safely.

Alireza Salimi, a lawmaker and member of Iran’s parliament Presiding Board, said in an interview with the Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) that the Strait of Hormuz was more valuable to Iran than a nuclear bomb and could be used to address sanctions and compensation claims.

“The Strait of Hormuz is a blessing that God has placed in Iran’s hands,” Salimi said, adding that US actions had “opened the way” for Iran to use the waterway.

“With the Strait of Hormuz, we can resolve the issue of sanctions and compensation and retaliate,” he added.

US-Iran-War: 6 US Sailors aboard USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier attempted suicide, tried to jump overboard

Following "hellish" conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, the US is sending the aircraft carrier USS George Washington to the Middle East to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has now been deployed for more than 250 days, setting a record for consecutive days at sea. Following "hellish" conditions aboard the  USS Abraham Lincoln, the US is sending the aircraft carrier USS George Washington to the Middle East to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has now been deployed for more than 250 days, setting a record for consecutive days at sea, WSJ reported.

The USS George Washington is being escorted by the USS Robert Smalls and USS Shoup moving westbound together toward the Strait of Malacca, with the expected arrival in the Middle East being roughly 8 days.

The war against Iran has proved very difficult for President Donald Trump. None of the stated war objectives has been achieved.

Not less than 6 US Sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier have tried to jump overboard and attempted suicide.

According to reports by Military Times, the sailors are in a terrible state of catastrophic mental health crisis. They have reached breaking point over exhaustion, food shortages, water contamination, deteriorating conditions, supply shortages, lack of basic hygiene products, and poor-quality rations aboard the carrier, per Military Times.

More than majority of the US sailors and  Marines have been facing chronic depression as there is no immediate end in sight in their deployment to the terrible middle east where Iran has been conveniently challenging the American claims of superpower.

The around 5,000 sailors and Marines have been deployed at sea for more than 250 consecutive days (over 9 months) without making land due to the ongoing Iran war.

With their deployment originally anticipated to end in May but now extended with no publicly announced return date. Families describe conditions aboard as "hellish."


US CENTCOM commanders warn of an impending mutiny if conditions aboard the ship don't change for the better as Iranian strikes on US military bases have severely disrupted US military logistics for the deployed sailors and Marines.


Loma, who lives in San Diego, said her husband had been repeatedly overextended before he tried to jump from the carrier.


“He’s scared,” Loma said. “He thinks he’ll get a dishonorable discharge, and just because he was burnt out, his 13-year career is ruined, just like that. That’s not fair, that’s not right. That’s not what he should be worrying about right now.”


Loma said she initially received a call from the ship’s ombudsman after the incident but has not heard from anyone with the Navy in recent weeks.

Lincoln’s roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines remain on a deployment that began Nov. 21. The carrier has been deployed for more than eight months while supporting U.S. military operations in the Middle East against Iran.

In a separate incident aboard Lincoln, a sailor on watch saw a shipmate preparing to go overboard, and he intervened, according to the sailor’s wife, Maria Rodriguez.

Rodriguez said her husband called out to the sailor before reaching the individual and grabbing their arms, pulling them onto the deck. Her husband told her the sailor had not yet gone over the side when he got there. Three other sailors heard the commotion and came running to help.


Rodriguez’s husband told her about the incident several days after it happened

“He said he hadn’t felt adrenaline like that in his life, and he was just so thankful he was able to get to [the sailor] in time, to stop them from going overboard,” Rodriguez said.


She did not know what happened to the sailor afterward.


Separately, Stars and Stripes reported Tuesday that sailors described an incident in which watchstanders stopped a crew member from jumping overboard. Stripes reported that the crew was informed about the incident through a shipwide announcement.


More than 200 family members attended a meeting in San Diego last week with acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao. During a separate virtual meeting later that evening, families raised concerns about sailors’ mental health, exhaustion and safety, according to recordings of the meeting reviewed by MS NOW.


Vice Adm. Joseph Cahill, commander of Naval Surface Forces, acknowledged the strain on sailors and their families during the virtual meeting.



“We hear you loud and clear [regarding] the impact this has on families, on service members and the long-term ability of us to stand, sustain our forces’ health,” Cahill said, according to MS NOW.



Cahill described deployment-resilience counselors and chaplains aboard warships, along with Human Factors Councils designed to review factors affecting sailors’ well-being and identify related risks.




The Navy has said Lincoln’s leadership is continuously assessing sailors’ psychological readiness and that the carrier has access to counselors, chaplains, medical professionals and other support services.



The Navy did not provide a precise number of sailors who have attempted to go overboard or engaged in self-harm aboard Lincoln during the current deployment.



Shelby Sanders, whose mother is serving aboard Lincoln, said connecting has been difficult over the past eight months. When her mother does manage to send a note, Sanders said, she can tell she’s struggling.



“When she can email me, she’s definitely down,” Sanders said. “I think they’ve had five weeks of non-stop combat operations or something like that, so that makes it really tough to communicate consistently or even know if we’ll be able to. It sucks.”



Sanders is preparing to begin her senior year of high school without knowing whether her mother will be home for the milestones that normally mark the year.



“I don’t know how to enjoy starting my senior year when my mom isn’t here, you know?” Sanders said. “Will she be back before homecoming? My birthday? Christmas? I have no idea, and that’s all that I think about.”



Manuel Guevara, whose son is serving aboard Lincoln, said he sounded exhausted, down and worried the last time they spoke.



“Us being out there keeps wars out of our country, but it sucks having your family away. It makes the homecoming that much sweeter, but the uncertainty of when that day will come starts to eat away at you,” Guevara said.



The Navy father said it is difficult to stay focused when he hears about problems aboard the ship and knows his son is worried about day-to-day circumstances, such as eating, doing laundry and having adequate living conditions.



“I don’t want to worry that the circumstances of this deployment will get the best of my son, and he doesn’t make it back home,” Guevara said. “That’s an unbearable burden on my heart.”



The Navy is preparing the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group to relieve Lincoln, Cao told families at the San Diego meeting. Officials have not provided a timeline, however, citing operational security.



Meanwhile, Loma is caring for the couple’s three children, and her husband remains in medical hold.




“I’m trying to keep a happy face for our three kids,” she said. “They’re little, they miss their daddy, they just want to know mommy and daddy are okay. So I can’t just worry and break down, even though I want to — every single day.”




However, the US CENTCOM the report are false.

"Over the past 48 hours, multiple media outlets have reported several false claims related to USS Abraham Lincoln's (CVN 72) deployment to the Middle East. One report alleged seven Sailors died in a brawl aboard the aircraft carrier and others have recently suggested a spike in suicidal ideations. These reports are FALSE."

CENTCOM Claimed: "USS Abraham Lincoln has maintained among the highest crew reenlistment rates (84.4%) of all aircraft carriers in the U.S. Navy. The Sailors and Marines of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group remain resilient and resolved after more than 260 days at sea, 10,000 aircraft flights, and 1.5 million pounds of ordnance expended. No service members aboard the aircraft carrier have died, and the one Sailor who fell overboard Aug. 3 was quickly and safely recovered. The rampant misreporting on Abraham Lincoln's historic deployment is a disservice to our men and women in uniform and their loved ones." 

The claims are contrary to the deployment of the new aircraft carriers by the Pentagon to the middle east. The war against Iran has been the most brutally difficult ever for the American forces since the end of the 2nd world war.

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"US Nuclear Strike on Iran Would Lead to Seizure of American Bases Worldwide" - Tehran Warns Washington

Profile Picture: Iran's Supreme Leader 

A Senior Iranian commander and adviser to  IRGC Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi,  responded to questions during an  interview with PBS NewsHour, about the possibility of the United States using a nuclear weapon against Iran. 

He said such a move would be a major mistake. The morning after any nuclear bomb was used, all of America’s military bases around the world would be seized . 

He further  added that “Today, things are  different than World War II,” claiming the people of the world have awakened and would not allow such an act.

If the U.S. were to use a nuclear weapon against Iran, American military bases worldwide could become targets for seizure.

Tehran has consistently maintained that there is no any discussion about ceasefire with Washington. Islamic republic is all out to force Donald Trump to the Islamabad memorandum of understanding which was violated less than 48hours after it was signed. The US President Donald Trump declared it dead during a NATO submit in Turkey.

Today the united states and its military under Trump have been humiliated like never before in history and most especially since the end of second world war. Iranian ballistic missiles shattered all American military bases in the Gulf region on an account if unprovoked aggression against the Persians.

Having lost military, President Trump is now relying on Economic Pressure to force Iran to Capitulate, instead of Bombing.

Prominent Iranian journalists also Admit that Negotiations between Iran and the United States have Stalled

Top advisors have convinced President Trump that the Strait of Hormuz will become Irrelevant within Two Years and that oil will be transported Overland via Pipelines 

Economic pressure and an endless sanctions for more than forty years have proved Washington wrong as it made Tehran self dependent and self reliant.

Iran is preparing to outlast the Trump administration entirely, declaring it will prolong the war with the U.S. until 2029 — because "we have not yet reached our final objective, this is clear," a senior IRGC advisor told PBS.

"We will wait until we get to the next term of the presidency and cause attrition, so that if anyone else wants to attack Iran, they will know there is a cost," said Mohammad Reza Naqdi, senior advisor to the IRGC Commander-in-Chief.

Iran's strategy is now explicit, wait out the clock on Trump's presidency, keep the Strait of Hormuz closed, and bleed U.S. resources until Washington accepts Tehran's terms — or until the next administration takes office.

The Persians are restructuring the country's military for an offensive posture abroad as it threatening to prolong the war until Trump leaves office on January 20, 2029, shifting from defense to offense.

The leader of the Islamic Republic Khamenei Majtoba has approved a sweeping reorganization, appointing hardliners to top IRGC and security posts. "Whenever conditions are favorable, we must be able to take the operation into enemy territory," IRGC adviser Gen. Naqdi said.

"We will wait until the next term of the presidency and cause attrition, so that anyone who attacks Iran knows there is a cost," Naqdi added.

"The IRGC had been tasked under a new offensive doctrine with developing the capability to conduct operations from Iran's borders. We must be able to take operations into enemy territory, into the enemy’s lands, and carry out operations far from our own territory,” Naqdi stated.

“These are characteristics of an offensive doctrine that must be fulfilled. The IRGC has now been ordered to acquire this readiness, to build this capability, so that it can carry out this task when required,” he added.