Peter Obi, Rhodes-Vivour made zero tweets about the 2025 Lagos LG elections

X played a significant role in both Mr. Peter Obi and Mr. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour’s popularity among Lagos voters during the 2023 general elections.

In the run up to the 2025 Lagos local government elections, two of the most prominent politicians in the state were conspicuously silent on the event, at least on X, the social media formerly known as Twitter, according to a count by Ikeja Record.

X played a significant role in both Mr. Peter Obi and Mr. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour’s popularity among Lagos voters during the 2023 general elections.

In 2023, Mr. Obi won Lagos, defeating former Governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his home turf. Premium Times, at the time, reported that the victory was “a  demystification of Mr Tinubu, who had been predicted to win the state where he was governor between 1999 and 2007.”

While Mr. Rhodes-Vivour failed to clinch the state’s governorship seat, he received more than 300,000 votes in the 2023 election. He plans to run again in 2027.

Both politicians have continued to engage on X as their preferred social media platform amid the lingering crisis in Labour party, the vehicle with which they contested the 2023 …