Great Ife SU '23 Election: Tale of heat combat for Power and other stories

 Adeniran Stephen Tolulope 

Amidst the heat of preparation for the 2021/2022 Rain Semester Examination, it was with good hope that the Great Ife Students’ Union election for the next session’s officials was conducted. Campaign loudly went on for a week before the election week. Candidates fared during the debates, and perhaps the election, whilst a single candidate emerged for each post contested. Though, only a candidate contested for the position of the Director of sport, which he won fearlessly.

Lordfem, a student from the Faculty of Agriculture was declared as the President-elect of the Students’ Union by the Electoral Chairman of the Great Ife Students’ Union Electoral Committee, AYEBIELE Oluwajuedalo. He won with a total vote of 2796, leading his closest rival, Legbeti who has votes of 1121, with votes of 1675.

Interestingly, 9 incumbents and more contested for positions make people wonder what could be at the apex seat of power. Six of the incumbent contested for the Presidential position, whereby all lost to a new face of the town. The Legendary one who even became the talk of the school within a four-day interval still had to bow for his superior.

Legend was just like Peter Obi during the last General Elections, No one expected Obi to garner that large amount of votes because they only believe Peter does not have supporters. So it appeared like magic to them while seeing how Legend had to be winning at first, but Faculty of Agriculture rendered him helpless. H2O ruthlessly won with a wide margin of over a thousand with two hundred and more votes.

On election day, voters might have though been swayed by agents of each candidate at the faculty level. Still, many would consider the flaws of the outgoing administration before they vote. Most must have remembered the action taken by an incumbent students’ union official during the ASUU strike period in 2022, when he/she removed many group participants from the Union’s Telegram page before they vote. The brain of many will flashback to the time they needed the incumbent Students’ Union officials most, but couldn’t see or find them.

Upon the roll out of electoral Presidential results, the Joy was still intact while maintaining the lead. The Salvation they believe was no longer from Jesus, the only Grace she had was shared with other contending Art men. Even the ‘Arole’ was no longer for ‘Eledumare’, because Taoism was Exceptional for all humans. Then the Joy and Peace of Mind left because their Lord told them to ‘Fem’.

 

They began Praising the Lord because he has Joy and Wealth to vice him. The Love he has for them made them prepare Sage for him to drink like Water because he wants to ‘yosola’. Their Parrot was not Gorgeous enough to hang itself to a Cobweb. Even, an encyclopedia was there for them to look into how Apostle Paul used a Black pen to kill a Dragon.