Dr. Sunday Adelaja | THE CASE FOR TINUBU Part 1

 

After I released my article “NIGERIA, BEHOLD YOUR NEXT PRESIDENT” I discovered that most of our people don’t like long read, so what I’ve decided to do is to bring to you shorter versions of my thoughts for the next seven days. After which I’ll release on Monday my next article on “WHY PETER OBI WON’T BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT”. So enjoy…

A 50 YEAR DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR LAGOS AND A MUSLIM/MUSLIM TICKET 

Tinubu is a man of vision. Can you imagine that when he was voted in as Lagos Governor he set up a think tank through which he was able to develop a 50 year vision for Lagos. No wonder Lagos is still under the leadership of his disciples till today long after Tinubu himself stopped being the governor. The reason is simple, the whole world will follow the man that knows where he is going. I remember clearly when Tinubu was the Governor of Lagos State. My most vivid memories of Lagos were the years prior to his election and the early years of his reign. I was already based in Europe, so each time I visited Nigeria the most glaring image of Lagos were the dead bodies littered all across the streets. The bags of refuse wastes and garbage all across the roads. Surprisingly even the iron handed man like Abacha could not do anything to change the rots of the then Lagos. This disgusting image of Lagos started during the regime of Babangida after the capital was moved to Abuja. The state of things got to a despicable height under Abacha just before Tinubu came. For those who didn’t see or remember Lagos of those years, it’ll be difficult to truly know the value of what Tinubu has done to Lagos and Nigeria at large. Unfortunately, i can’t see any other state in the federation that has been so transformed even after some of the presidential aspirants today ruled those states. To me our country Nigeria is also in a similar comatose state right now in terms of security, safety to lives and property, economy etc. We need a Tinubu to come with his transformational capabilities to help turn things around in Nigeria.

With the picking of Kashim Shettima as Tinubu’s running mate, it’s obvious that this election is already predetermined. As things are Shettima will deliver the Northeast, while Buhari and his governors will deliver the Northwest to APC, we know Southwest will definitely go to Tinubu. If those three geopolitical regions go the way of Tinubu/Shettima, all other political parties would only be contesting for the second and third positions. So what of a Muslim/Muslim ticket? Yes, that will really be a big issue for some Christians from the south/south and especially south/east areas of Nigeria. These are regions that don’t normally vote APC anyway, they cannot be the main factors for consideration, expediency advises that you mainly consider the opinions of your staunch supporters, those who’ll give their vote to you. The South/south and the Southeast will vote either PDP or Labour Party, even if Tinubu selects a Christian running mate. The Southwest doesn’t really care as much when it comes to religion, it’s the most tolerant zone in Nigeria in that term, so they’ll surely remain with Tinubu no matter what. The other two zones that will vote Tinubu/Shettima ticket are Northern states, they’ll rather be excited by that choice. I personally don’t believe that Tinubu who is married to a Christian Pastor for 40 years will all of a sudden become anti christian. If that could  be the case we would have seen the signs in Lagos. It’s in the memory of Lagosians that Asiwaju started they yearly Prayer and Thanksgiving service with Lagos government being a Muslim himself.  Lagos also remember that it was Tinubu who returned missions schools back to their original owners. No, we need not fear Muslim/Muslim ticket, no, not under Tinubu. As for Shettima you only need to google the write up from the CAN president of Borno state, he is telling Christians that they have nothing to fear because the Christians in Borno got the most support from Governor Shettima.  Even the fiery Father Kukah is calling on Christians not to worry about Muslim/Muslim ticket because we know the pedigrees of Asiwaju and Shettima. At this juncture I can only say; Nigeria, behold your next President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. 

May God bless The Federal Republic Of Nigeria, and may all her haters live long to witness it.

For The Love Of God, Church And Nation

Dr. Sunday Adelaja

Kyiv, Ukraine

2022