B-Red, the son of Governor Ademola Adeleke and cousin of Afrobeats superstar Davido, was forced to flee for his life from what the state government has formally characterized as a coordinated assassination attempt.
By all accounts, it began ordinarily enough. B-Red had stepped out of the Government House to run a personal errand at Alekuwodo Market, one of Osogbo’s most frequented commercial hubs, when, on his return journey, he noticed something deeply unsettling.
“As I went out to buy some stuff around Alekuwodo Market, I just saw some Okada riders with AMBO caps trying to surround my vehicle at a traffic point under Okefia Bridge,” the singer recounted in a statement that has since circulated widely across Nigerian social media.
According to B-Red, the commercial motorcyclists, identifiable by their matching AMBO-branded caps, had strategically positioned themselves at a traffic chokepoint beneath the Oke-Fia Bridge, a location well known for congestion and limited escape routes. The apparent coordination of their movements, he said, immediately raised alarm.
Before he could fully process the threat, the situation escalated sharply.
A white Toyota Venza suddenly appeared, barreling toward his vehicle. From inside came the chilling cry, “It is him! It is him!” words that B-Red described as the signal that set off the pursuit in earnest.
What followed was a frantic, chaotic chase through the streets of Osogbo. The Toyota Venza repeatedly maneuvered to cut off and block B-Red’s vehicle, while the motorcyclists fanned out around him, working in apparent tandem to close off any avenue of escape.
“As we moved, the Toyota Venza pursued us, trying to block my Jeep. At the same time, the multiple motorcycles also joined in the chase,” he said.
The pursuit, by his account, was relentless, weaving through afternoon traffic with the singer desperately seeking an exit until one finally presented itself.
B-Red’s escape came only when he managed to drive his vehicle through the gates of the Osun State Government House at Oke-Fia, the very seat of his father’s administration. It was there, behind the guarded perimeter of the governor’s official residence, that the chase finally came to an end.
That the alleged attack occurred so close to the Government House, in plain view of a densely populated part of Osogbo, has only deepened the sense of alarm surrounding the incident.
Perhaps most politically explosive is B-Red’s claim that, amid the chaos of the chase, he was able to identify one of the occupants of the Toyota Venza.
“We identified one of the occupants of the vehicle to be Asiri Eniba, a notorious APC thug,” he alleged directly in his statement.
The naming of an individual with alleged ties to the All Progressives Congress, the main opposition party to Governor Adeleke‘s Peoples Democratic Party, adds a combustible political dimension to what is already a serious security incident.
Neither Asiri Eniba nor APC representatives in Osun State had issued a public response to the allegations at the time of this report.
The Osun State Government moved swiftly to respond publicly to the incident. Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, issued a formal statement on April 30, 2026, condemning the alleged attack in the strongest terms.
Alimi confirmed that the matter had been formally reported to the police and described the development as “a serious security threat,” language that signals the state government intends to pursue the matter aggressively.
He called on security agencies to immediately arrest and prosecute all persons involved, making clear that the alleged assault on the governor’s son would not be quietly managed or minimized.
The incident casts a long shadow well beyond the Adeleke family. That a high-profile public figure, one directly connected to the sitting governor, could be targeted so openly, in so central a location, during daylight hours, speaks to a security situation that demands urgent and transparent investigation.
For the people of Osun State, the unanswered questions are pressing: Who coordinated the alleged ambush? What was the ultimate intent? And critically, how close did Wednesday afternoon come to ending in tragedy?
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
B-Red, son of Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, narrowly escaped a brazen, apparently coordinated assassination attempt on the streets of Osogbo in broad daylight, an incident the state government has taken with the utmost seriousness.
It unfolded within striking distance of the Government House itself, suggesting either a remarkable degree of audacity or a dangerous gap in the security apparatus surrounding the state’s first family.
With a named suspect allegedly linked to the opposition APC, the incident threatens to inflame an already volatile political climate in Osun State.
