BAO Media Centre
September 5, 2025
When a man spends his days throwing stones at the rooftop of a house, he should not be surprised when a piece of that same house falls back on him. That is exactly the case with Engr. Kayode Ojo, who is now crying foul over The Nation Newspaper’s candid analysis of his weak political standing in Ekiti.
The Nation Newspaper is not just any tabloid on the streets of Lagos; it is the media investment of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. If Ojo is genuinely pained by what was written about him, he should take his grievances directly to the owner of the paper, the President himself. After all, he claims to have the ears of Abuja. Why complain in public if Abuja is truly in your pocket?
But the truth is that Ojo is not known in Abuja. Former Governor Ayo Fayose said it months ago, and he quoted President Tinubu categorically, that he had never even heard the name Kayode Ojo before. How then can a man unknown to the President pretend to wield influence in the corridors of power?
The irony is laughable. Here is a man who, through pseudonyms, has been launching cheap shots at President Tinubu, suddenly demanding sympathy when Tinubu’s own newspaper tells Ekiti people the plain truth about his serial failures in politics.
You cannot fight Abuja in the dark and then run to Abuja in the morning, begging for endorsement. Politics does not work that way. You cannot eat your cake and have it at the same time.
If Kayode Ojo has a problem with The Nation, he should stop wailing in Ado Ekiti. He should march to the Villa and tell President Tinubu to his face that his newspaper is unfair to him. Until then, Ekiti people should understand the real picture: Ojo is neither a force in Abuja nor a factor at home.
