Before 1999, Tinubu had none of these:
1. Oriental Hotel
2. Falomo Shopping Complex
3. First Nation Airline
4. Lekki Concession Company
5. Apapa Amusement Park
6. Maiyegun Land Project
7.The Nation
8. Renaissance Hotel
9.Tejuoso Market (Joint ownership)
10. Ikeja Shopping Mall
11. TV Continental
12. Converted Lagos Poly land for TVC
13. Owned NNPC Office building in Lagos
14. Radio Continental
15. Owned School of Nursing building in Lagos
16. Tax Collector of Lagos State (Alpha
Beta)
17. Wife is a member of the National Assembly 1
8. Son-in-law is a member of the National Assembly
19. Daughter is the President-Gener al of Market
Women Association in Lagos
20. N4 billion government financed property for self at Queens Drive, Lagos.
Tinubu acquired all of the above and many more not listed after he became Governor of Lagos State, first in 1999 and won his second term in 2003. He remains Governor Emeritus of Lagos, controlling the State's treasury through his protege Governor Fashola. He is greedy and may forfeit all, if he doesn't play ball. You read me right,
people! He may lose everything if he declines to play ball with
President Jonathan. Everyone knows Tinubu abandoned his party's candidate, Nuhu Ribadu to support the PDP candidate in
2011.
Yoruba, however, did not really buy into his support for Jonathan in 2011. We just voted Goodluck because we were against Gambari. Ribadu and Buhari being Gambari did not just cut it for the Yoruba at the time and even more so now. Yet, not many of you still recollect Atiku's interview shortly after he was defeated by Yar'Adua in 2007.
According to the Turaki of Adamawa, Tinubu supported and funded the campaign of late President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua while the AC had a presidential candidate. Tinubu supported Yar'Adua of the PDP while his party, the AC had a presidential candidate (Atiku) because he knew Obasanjo will use the powers of incumbency to rig the
election for Yar'Adua as President. To avoid the possibility of ending
up in prison under Yar'Adua, Tinubu secretly funded Yar'Adua's
campaign. Tinubu is a political dealer and not anywhere near a
political leader. Political observers are abreast of Tinubu's game
plan with Buhari. He believes US, UK, Obasanjo and Babangida are
on board with Buhari's presidency. So, he is willing and ready to put all his eggs in one basket over # JihadistBuhari and ready for any eventuality. He thinks with America's support, Buhari will win and he (Tinubu) will stay relevant and in control of the Yoruba economic wealth.
However, Jonathan, the President they all loved to call clueless has
the support of the Eastern power blocs -Russia and China. He will
bring down the house on everyone of them. We are likely to end up with Ukraine but Tinubu and Co want an Ivory Coast scenario. At the close of the day, if Nigeria unravels without a well coordinated central command and control outside Tinubu's and Obasanjo's groups in Yorubaland, the two most hated figures in Yorubaland right now, unknown militia Yoruba groups will take over the affairs of the Yoruba states and provinces the minutes Nigeria is dissolved. They will not break up the control of any area under them without a fight. Tinubu and Obasanjo will surely not be in the commanding height of things in Yorubaland. Former thugs, assassins and criminals will surely run things unless the Yoruba Obas and leaders of thought work out plans before rererun.
The above scenario is definitely not static. It is being speculated that after the expected defeat of Buhari on 14 February, Tinubu will ask Gambari to hold fire pending the gubernatorial election on 28 February. He will then negotiate with President Jonathan for a soft landing to allow him control the Lagos State through Ambode as the sole condition under which he will prevail on Buhari and his boys,
Boko Haram to cease all hostility against Mr. President and his
government. If Jonathan refuses to negotiate, but insists on Agbaje as Lagos State Governor, Tinubu will activate the terror cells in Yorubaland in conjunction with Boko Haram in the North on or before February 28 but definitely not after May 29. Many of you shouting Sia Buhari are just a game in the hands of the Yoruba-APC. The real change of the Yoruba people remains change from unitary system to regional parliamentary system. This change can only be possible under Jonathan.
- Kalu Ikpo
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