This opinion emerges to contest the trending illogical falacy that political elites from the north are not disposed to a Bola Ahmed Tinubu presidency in 2023. For observing no reason to hold such opinion, this article opens up to the actual intent of this imaginary fear, which might not, actually, be from the north, but from apparent beneficiaries of our zoning framework, and it was issued to take undue advantage of the Asiwaju.

This opinion is not advertising Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in anyway: it is a contribution to the debate on "who the cap (best) fits" to lead Nigeria after President Buhari. This opinion deserves a free conscience, and liberty, without speculatively attributing the parochial to it. It should be seen as a duty: to see what is truth, and to speak it out boldly without fear. This is a calling.

It is insinuated that political elites in the north cannot trust Asiwaju Bola Tinubu with presidential powers because of his air of independence and international influence, fearing that they may not be able to control him.

This opinion contests this illogical fabrication of literary deception targeted to take political prisoners, issuing the lie portraying the Buhari presidency, as been controlled and dictated to, by northern elites. Nothing can be far from the trut

It should be an alarming wonder where such fabrications could come from. Nevertheless, this opinion can trace one fear, those who have it should have about Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu winning the next presidentil election, and that is the fear of him ultimately becoming the undisputable "father" of our nation - the man, whom everyone loves to talk, and to listen to.

Nigeria has enjoyed the emergence of great political leaders, dead and living, but none among them earned, or earns the sobriquet: "The Father of the Nigerian Nation", in the same garb addressed to Nelson Mandela of South Africa, Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya, Julius Nyerere of Tanzania, Kwame Nkuruma of Ghana, and Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia. We only have regional champions.

So if Nigerians need to fear anything in a possible Asiwaju Bola Tinubu presidency, it will be his emergence as "The Father of Nigeria". And what is wrong with that? It is certain that it is not every Nigerian that want to see him get there, and Nigeria now needs a "Father" figure more urgently than never before. If other nations have had their ground breakers of character and vision, why not Nigeria? This does not say that those with character and visions are foulless, flawless and beyond human weaknesses.

This opinion however concedes to the fact that our First Republic political leaders were selfless, development-oriented and people-driven, but no one would rule out the fact that they, individually, contributed to our present region-driven and the clannishness of our politics, which threw up structural cancers upon our body politics, like "federal character" and "zoning" - policies which seem to, and makes apparent how these, help us with managing ourselves as "one people". This is why our bonding is weak, built upon divisive policies.

Having gone through the surge in the push for a Bola Ahmed Tinubu presidency, especially recenty, by some northern elders, and their general acceptance that the presidency should retun to Southern Nigeria, rather than northern elites being apprehensive of any Southern candidate aspiring to receive the power batton from President Muhammadu Buhari, they need to join other Nigerians to trace the past achievements of all aspirants, and judge them from their individual contributions and their selfless sacrifices for our democracy, and their inputs to our demonstrative democratic advancements.

Nigeria currently needs a leader who can die for the people, because whether we like to accept it or not, some of our heroes past died to save this nation from dismembering catastrophies: people like Shehu Musa Yar'Adua, Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, Pa Alfred Ruwane, Kudirat Abiola, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Aguiyi Ironsi, and many others like them. Apart from these, there are those who escaped the political assasinations and persecutions of their days, and are still politically seasoned today, to continue in their quest to see a better Nigeria emerge for all of us.

If, therefore, there are those, anywhere other than northern Nigeria - because news reports can come from anywhere, saying anything - who are scared of, and fight against a Bola Tinubu presidency, then they must be those who stopped him from emerging as Nigeria's Vice President in 2015. They have every reason to fear his emergence as President, just as they were of his Vice Presidential opportunity.

And what is this fear?

Only one federating State in Nigeria can singularly depict the picture of the entire Nigeria, especially the cumbersome nature of her challenges, in terms of population, diversity, pressure on infrastructure, and the largeness of its governance: that State is Lagos. Looking at Lagos State and what Asiwaju Bola Tinubu made of it, his competitors fear that he would remake Nigeria, like he made Lagos State, and "took control" of its governance. Is it easy?

And looking back at what Asiwaju Bola Tinubu did in Lagos State, one would see his achievements in his selflessness with governance. Three areas of note considered and credited to him by this opinion are:

1. Drawing up a long term sociopolitical master plan, and economic blueprint for Lagos State - the covenant for every incoming governor of the State to actualise with the people.

2. Disindigenization of political appointments and strategising an outreach of political leadership for South West Nigeria. The leaders he recruited are some of the best Nigeria has today.

3. Instituting the Governor's Advisory Council as the highest political organ for Lagos State. By these he made the highest political power of Lagos State to reside with the local leaders of the people.

And Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, by his pedigree, is the only politician self-developed to help Nigerians out of her incumbent neocolonialism, self-inflicted geopolitical divisions, clannish-driven nepotism, and religious intolerance; and he is the best prepared to make inroads with Nigeria into Africa. Nigeria must take up her responsibility as "The Father of Africa".

This opinion chips in that at a point, the vision of the APC was hijacked, and this is why Tinubu was "cut to size" in 2015. Our present dissatisfaction with the Buhari administration started when that happened. The Asiwaju went back home in his "new size", and Nigeria is now under intensive care: and every subsidy MUST GO!

Other politicians fight Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu because his presidency will retire a lot of them from politics, especially those for whom politics is a career. Nigerians must only trust those who left their lofty careers to help us. Those who laid down their lives for us, and still took it up to continue with the struggle today. Nigeria must have enough of those who have no democratic credentials to show in, and for their leadership.

More than what is needed to be accomplished in Nigeria, Nigeria has much more to accomplish in Africa, and Nigeria has the oppprtunity, of straightening out the crooked paths to the realization of this lofty continental responsibility, only in Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

So, our national target should not be limited to liberating Nigeria alone, but to also advance a continental target of Nigeria liberating Africa, and only one man is needed, with the right tools, to achieve this. Maybe...just maybe, Madiba Nelson Madela, may his soul find peace in God, would have, if he had Nigeria as his tool of access.

Ini Akpan Morgan writes from Uyo, Nigeria. 08102466347 (Whatsapp text only please). Email: time.subsidaries@gmail.com

Let me give my opinion which may not necessarily be true but it constitute my opinion on the subject at hand.

APC will hardly loose 2023 election here in North.

Atiku who's a fulani man will contest under PDP and would likely fail.

It's natural that some northerners will opt to vote for Atiku because he's a fulani just like any other tribe will opt to vote for their brother.

But the majority will stand with APC we don't play tribal politics unlike the east that tribalism has be strongly rooted in their political ideology.

Buhari only need to focuse more on the north... He need to wake up and address the economy, security and uncompleted projects.

The north will strongly vote for Tinubu or Osibanjo.
He only need to pick a very strong running mate from the north

The only thing Buhari need to do now is to try and win our people for Tinubu.

2023 is for APC only... Only if they will sit up.

Arrewa:
Let me give my opinion which may not necessarily be true but it constitute my opinion at the subject at hand.

APC will hardly loose 2023 election here in North.

Atiku who's a fulani man will contest under PDP and would likely fail.

It's natural that some northerners will opt to vote for Atiku because he's a fulani just like any other tribe will opt to vote for their brother.

But the majority will stand with APC we don't play tribal politics unlike the east that tribalism has be strongly rooted in their political ideology.

Buhari only need to focuse more on the north... He need to wake up and address the economy, security and uncompleted projects.

The north will strongly vote for Tinubu or Osibanjo.
He only need to pick a very strong running mate.

The only Buhari need to do now is to try and win our people for Tinubu.

2023 is for APC only... Only if they will sit up.

Trash make una no go find work

Arrewa:
Let me give my opinion which may not necessarily be true but it constitute my opinion on the subject at hand.

APC will hardly loose 2023 election here in North.

Atiku who's a fulani man will contest under PDP and would likely fail.

It's natural that some northerners will opt to vote for Atiku because he's a fulani just like any other tribe will opt to vote for their brother.

But the majority will stand with APC we don't play tribal politics unlike the east that tribalism has be strongly rooted in their political ideology.

Buhari only need to focuse more on the north... He need to wake up and address the economy, security and uncompleted projects.

The north will strongly vote for Tinubu or Osibanjo.
He only need to pick a very strong running mate.

The only Buhari need to do now is to try and win our people for Tinubu.

2023 is for APC only... Only if they will sit up.

Endorsed!

Atiku will be disgraced again in his polling unit.

Osinbajo/Tinubu is the ticket to beat in the North.

APC might not be excellent in all areas, but PDP has nothing to offer Nigeria.

Arrewa:
Let me give my opinion which may not necessarily be true but it constitute my opinion at the subject at hand.

APC will hardly loose 2023 election here in North.

Atiku who's a fulani man will contest under PDP and would likely fail.

It's natural that some northerners will opt to vote for Atiku because he's a fulani just like any other tribe will opt to vote for their brother.

But the majority will stand with APC we don't play tribal politics unlike the east that tribalism has be strongly rooted in their political ideology.

Buhari only need to focuse more on the north... He need to wake up and address the economy, security and uncompleted projects.

The north will strongly vote for Tinubu or Osibanjo.
He only need to pick a very strong running mate.

The only Buhari need to do now is to try and win our people for Tinubu.

2023 is for APC only... Only if they will sit up.

I agree with this. Fact is that that many Northern kingmakers genuinely like and are loyal to Tinubu because he is a bridge-builder across Nigeria who has no hate for anyone and no excessive partiality towards his own. Lagos and Tinubu's own political career is proof of this.

These influential Northerners will work for his victory and that is what matters not clannish and empty noise from hateful people.

Northern political leaders, unlike others, are not sentimental or hateful. They understand politics is about permanent interests wwhich they will certainly enjoy under Tinubu.

Tinubu has made a lot of men and women who they are. Including Northerners. They will show their appreciation and loyalty in 2023.

Arrewa:
Let me give my opinion which may not necessarily be true but it constitute my opinion on the subject at hand.

APC will hardly loose 2023 election here in North.

Atiku who's a fulani man will contest under PDP and would likely fail.

It's natural that some northerners will opt to vote for Atiku because he's a fulani just like any other tribe will opt to vote for their brother.

But the majority will stand with APC we don't play tribal politics unlike the east that tribalism has be strongly rooted in their political ideology.

Buhari only need to focuse more on the north... He need to wake up and address the economy, security and uncompleted projects.

The north will strongly vote for Tinubu or Osibanjo.
He only need to pick a very strong running mate.

The only Buhari need to do now is to try and win our people for Tinubu.

2023 is for APC only... Only if they will sit up.

Trashy opinion.
Are you forgetting do soon how APC depended on a faulty rerun and biased supreme Court judgement for it to win Kano and Plateau states?
You sounded as if PDP has no state under it's control in the north.
By 2023 it would have been clear that APC has nothing to offer. and people are not as stupid to blindly support it like u assumed. Even that election might not be bw atiku and tinubu.

Virginnn:

Trashy opinion.
Are you forgetting do soon how APC depended on a faulty rerun and biased supreme Court judgement for it to win Kano and Plateau states?
You sounded as if PDP has no state under it's control in the north.
By 2023 it would have been clear that APC has nothing to offer. and people are not as stupid to blindly support it like u assumed. Even that election might not be bw atiku and tinubu.

and what did I said??

"APC should sit up" so you didn't read everything and jumped to comment

Arrewa:
Let me give my opinion which may not necessarily be true but it constitute my opinion on the subject at hand.

APC will hardly loose 2023 election here in North.

Atiku who's a fulani man will contest under PDP and would likely fail.

It's natural that some northerners will opt to vote for Atiku because he's a fulani just like any other tribe will opt to vote for their brother.

But the majority will stand with APC we don't play tribal politics unlike the east that tribalism has be strongly rooted in their political ideology.

Buhari only need to focuse more on the north... He need to wake up and address the economy, security and uncompleted projects.

The north will strongly vote for Tinubu or Osibanjo.
He only need to pick a very strong running mate.

The only Buhari need to do now is to try and win our people for Tinubu.

2023 is for APC only... Only if they will sit up.

Let me repost what he wrote in case the OP want the play bat

fulanimafia:


Endorsed!

Osinbajo/Tinubu is the ticket to beat in the North.

Hakane Dan uwa! Sai Dai su gyara rawan su a yankin Arewa

T9ksy:





Insha Allah, there will be no election in 2023. ISIS and Al Qaeda are lying low deep in the southern forest , just waiting for the green light from the likes of "little finger" Rufie , the short man devil from kadunna, to unleash mayhem on southern Nigerians.

Moreover, APC will be dead by that time.

Most yorubas are fed up with this fake Union- we want out. October 1st rally will surely open many folks' eyes.

see painment.

Bla bla bla bla bla............ next

Virginnn:

Trashy opinion.
Are you forgetting do soon how APC depended on a faulty rerun and biased supreme Court judgement for it to win Kano and Plateau states?
You sounded as if PDP has no state under it's control in the north.
By 2023 it would have been clear that APC has nothing to offer. and people are not as stupid to blindly support it like u assumed. Even that election might not be bw atiku and tinubu.

APC will still beat PDP with two eyes closed.

Tinubu is not running for president in 2023.

But even if he does why will the north be afraid? It's like you don't know the people that has carried tinubu matter for head?

Okoroawusa:
Tinubu is not running for president in 2023.

But even if he does why will the north be afraid? It's like you don't know the people that has carried tinubu matter for head?

The northerners are not afraid of Tinubu, rather Igbos/Igbos

Bodexman:


The northerners are not afraid of Tinubu, rather Igbos/Igbos

Of course. So far as IPOBians wake up everyday feeling greater than Yorubas then everything is perfect with them.

This is why they spend more time trying to prevent Tinubu mounting a challenge to be President than fighting to produce an Igbo President.

The favourite saying of IPOBians here is "let Fulani rule forever rather than Yoruba become President in 2023". Pathetic.

Father of Nigeria bawo
My friend that stuff you took that is making you to write all these load of crap must be of Jamaican quality

Lol, imagine a character like Tinubu becoming father of Nigeria. Well, I get your drift, you actually mean godfather of Nigeria, Lagos style

The North are not stvpid. They've enough reasons to be wary of someone who is over ambitious!
They've every reason not to trust someone who lacks character. Someone who only believes in Nigeria when he is milking the system only to become against it when he is not.

Same way they couldn't trust Awo and MKO is same way they can't trust the bullion van general. He is a high risk and is not worth it!!