Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and his deputy, Lucky Ayedatiwa, are at war. When this kind of face-off broke out in the past, it defied solution. Reconciliation was difficult, for obvious reasons.

As serving governor, his chances of victory at the primaries and the main election are high, insiders say. But many politicians in the state are not going down without a fight. Akeredolu’s finance ...