OSOGBO — Workers and marketers of Ero-Arike herbal balm have appealed to Nigerians to continue patronizing the product despite the backlash against its owner, Falilat Oyetunji, popularly known as Ero-Arike, over her involvement in the Osun State governorship election .
CDA News Nigeria gathered that in a video circulating on social media, a group of women holding containers of the balm sang and pleaded with members of the public not to allow the political controversy surrounding Oyetunji to affect the business . The women, who identified themselves as beneficiaries and marketers of the business, said the company had provided livelihoods and supported families .
One of the women, speaking in Yoruba, said she had been widowed for five years and claimed that Oyetunji had helped her build a house, stock her business, and pay for her children’s education . “Do not ruin our mother’s work. We are pleading with you,” she said . The women also appealed to Nigerians across different parts of the country, mentioning Oyo, Ibadan, Lagos, Owo, and Agbara, where they said the business had workers and beneficiaries .
The group also appealed to the Hausa and Muslim communities, with one speaker saying in Hausa: “We are eating here, we are drinking here. She caters to many of our needs” . The appeal came amid backlash against Oyetunji following her active participation in the August 15, 2026 Osun governorship election, where she campaigned for the APC candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, who lost to incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke.
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