Oyo voters have shown that political endorsements do not necessarily determine how they vote. The 2019 governorship election provided one example. The 2023 election provided another. The 2027 contest will test how much influence political structures and their leading figures have over voters. Seyi Makinde’s 2019 victory was an exception to the established political route to the Agodi Government House. His political history was not insignificant. He had contested elections before and had moved through different political platforms. But in 2019 he was not the candidate of the governing establishment and did not inherit ...