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PRESIDENT IBRAHIM BADAMASI BABANGIDA: AN IRREPRESIBLE ENIGMA AND ENDURING INSTITUTION by Chief Femi Fani-Kayode.

TALES FROM ATIKU’S BEDROOM By FFK

 

 

 

 

Dino Melaye, the vile, villainous, sinister, ominous, malodrous, malevolent, arse-licking and rectum-sucking spokesman for the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Council and a man for whom I have nothing but disdain, disgust and contempt has alleged that His Excellency Senator Kashim Shettima, our Vice Presidential candidate is the leader of Boko Haram and that he would open offices for the terrorist organisation in the Presidential Villa if he and His Excellency Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, our Presidential candidate, are elected into office next year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This notorious, shameless, asinine and desperate comedian’s hysterical outburst against Kashim Shettima is not only irresponsible, misplaced, disingenuous, baseless and utterly false but it is also complete balderdash.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

His allegation is nothing but a specious lie and a well-planned, well-crafted and well-constructed mendacity which was dug up from the pit of hell and the archives of time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

His are nothing but the nonsensical words, of a nonsensical man, on behalf of a nonsensical candidate who is running a nonsensical and collapsing campaign. They are nothing but tales from Atiku’s bedroom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Many of us have made similar unsubstantiated allegations against Kashim Shettima in the distant past based on the false testimony offered by his numerous and envious enemies, fake media reports and a series and plethora of contrived and well-articulated lies which were nothing but hearsay and which had no basis in rationality, reality, fact or truth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Again many of these lies were purposely fabricated and maliciously fed to those of us that wanted to know the truth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We were misinformed and misled and we were subjected to a massive and well-orchestrated disinformation campaign against what we later discovered to be an innocent man.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After yours truly spent no less than 7 years looking for the evidence to substantiate our claims without finding any we were constrained to admit that we were wrong and that we were less than charitable and totally unfair to the man.

 

 

 

 

 

TALES FROM ATIKU'S BEDROOM By FFK

 

Once all the claims against him had been successfully challenged and proved false and all the allegations and suspicions had been cleared it would take a wicked, godless and callous man or woman who had no fear of God to continue to sell, tell and perpetuate what he or she knows to be a slanderous and dangerous lie.

 

 

 

 

I am not such a man.

I am constrained by God, my Christian faith, my concience and my values to right the wrong, speak the truth and clear the air.

And that truth is that Kashim Shettima has absolutely NO link whatsoever with Boko Haram.

The truth of the matter is that we were wrong about him and that we owe him an apology and a debt of gratitude for his courage, patriotism and fortitude.

If anyone is likely to set up all sorts of blood-lusting and bloodthirsty terrorist cells and criminal syndicates in our country and give them offices in the Presidential Villa, if he is ever able to get there, it is Atiku Ibn Dubai himself and not Kashim Shettima.

The other type of office he will set up in the Villa is the one exclusively for his numerous cultic and free, wet and wild “friends” and other filthy and godless sodomites and boy lovers who have no respect for or affinity with the culture and norms of our society and who believe that deviant and unacceptable sexual practices are a virtue and not a vice.

It is those with this abominable, deplorable, reprobate and morally-depraved mindset and not the likes of Kashim Shettima that we need to fear.

We do not want our culture, religious norms, laws and constitution to be violated with the impunity of licentious, depraved and debaucherous lifestyles and to be treated with contempt.

We do not want practising sodomites and raving lunatics with little decency, little self-respect and little self-restraint in the Villa.

Dino, the thuggish village idiot and court jester from Kogi, is making these grave allegations simply because he and his embattled Presidential candidate are drowinung men.

They can see their presidential ambitions melting away on a daily basis like an iceburg approaching the tropics and they are panicking.

Again the consequences of the failure of his candidate’s abysmal campaign within and outside Nigeria have troubled them and have sent them into panic mode.

They went to America, they went to France, they went to the UK, they went to Dubai and they went to so many other parts of the world looking for help and support and sadly they met a brick wall.

They spent ours at the gates of those they went to see before being allowed in and after crawling like school children all over the corridors of those in power in those foreign countries they were given a guided tour of the offices by a young lady who told them that other than her nobody of note was prepared to sit with them, see them or discuss with them.

Their attempt to go to the White House only for a guided tour of its beautiful grounds was also frustrated, rebuffed and rejected.

The Americans did not want him and his team anywhere near the place even though all they wanted to do was look at the pictures on the passage walls and count the fruit trees in the garden.

It is in the light of this unrelenting and monumental rejection by the Americans and the unfolding tragedy and the pitiful condition that Dino and his principal have found themselves in that they are now having what can only be described as a trauma-induced psychological and emotional meltdown.

They are falling apart by the day and are drowning fast and instead of focusing on the issues, staying at home and working hard, in the same way that our own leader and candidate is doing, they are making all manner of vile and unsubstantiated allegations against their perceived detractors and they are throwing stones and hauling bricks at those of us that oppose them.

Morning, day and night they do nothing but make childish, asinine, absurd and unsubstantiated claims about our Presidential and Vice Presidential candidate and they speak with such venom, bile and hatred in their hearts.

Clearly they are now in a very dark place and the best we can do is to forgive them and to pray for them so that they may be free of their acute mental health challenges and vain delusions.

Yet for what it is worth let me remind them that at the end of day childish tantrums, baseless allegations, puerile insults, specious lies, malevolent vituperations and foreign Governments will not win the election for them.

It is the Nigerian people that will decide.

They alone will determine who our next President will be and no-one else.

It will not be decided in Paris, London, Washington, Abu Dhabi, Dubai or Saudi Arabia: those days are gone forever.

It will be determined and decided by Nigerians.

I want them.to know that no matter what they say or do we are going to defeat them at the polls and that is all that matters to us.

Dino the arse-licker claimed that Kashim Shettima is the Commander-in-Chief of Boko Haram.

I repeat: this is an absurd and spurious allegation which has no basis in truth or reality.

I challenge him to present his evidence to the Nigerian people or to bury his bald head in shame and keep his stinking mouth shut forever.

As I said earlier, we have been down this road before and found that there was nothing there.

The allegations are designed to terrify the people and make them believe that the APC is a party of terrorists and demons and that our candidate, Bola Tinubu is a man that encourages terrorism and is harbouring a terrorist as his running mate.

Dino the court jester has unleashed a direct and unprovoked attack on our Vice Presidential candidates integrity knowing fully well that his allegation has no legitimacy and is baseless.

For this I hand him over to God who shall judge him speedily and punish him for his slanderous ways.

The Lord shall answer him for his sheer wickedness and his unrelenting and unyielding cruelty.

As I said earlier, these allegations against Shettima are nothing new and they have been investigated over and over again and he has not been found wanting.

For many years these allegations have been made but there has been no evidence adduced to suggest that it is true and the reality is that it is NOT true.

It was a premeditated and wilful smear designed to destroy his political career but it did not work.

Instead of stopping him the man has gone from strength to strength over the years proving that God is with him.

Kashim is a refined, decent, intellectual, cosmopolitan, well-educated, well-read, well-travelled, civilised, modern-day and modern-thinking man who simply wants to serve his nation and ensure we move forward as a people.

If you look at his record in Borno State as Governor, before he was elected to the Senate, you will see what he did and acknowledge his numerous and noble achievements.

If you consider the efforts of his successor in office, the present Governor of Borno state, Prof Babagana Zulum, you will agree that he is doing a great job.

Zulum is not the legacy of a terrorist. Rather he is a rising star with a great future.

What we have in Borno today is a legacy of a great leader and the foundation of that great legacy was laid by Kashim Shettima.

That is what he stands for and represents and NOT bloodletting and terrorism.

For anybody to try to smear his name the way the Atiku campaign is doing is nothing more than a reflection and mirror of the diseased mind and garrulous and wild disposition of those that are attempting to do it.

Not only is it a reflection of Dino the village idiot himself but it is also a mirror of the man (Atiku) that he is speaking for.

Permit me to conclude this piece with a few words about Abubakar Atiku.

He is nothing but a traitor.

He continuously betrays anyone and everyone that works with him.

Treachery, deceit, greed and betrayal are his middle names.

Those he has betrayed include President Olusegun Obasanjo, the late General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, the late Chief Moshood Abiola, Ambassador Baba Gana Kingibe, General Ibrahim Babangida, the late General Sani Abacha, Rear Admiral Nyarko, the late President Umaru Yar’Adua, President Goodluck Jonathan, President Muhammadu Buhari, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the PDM, the SDP, the AC, the PDP, the APC, the PDP Governors, the Southern zone of the PDP and countless others.

His record in public office speaks of nothing but vanity, arrogance, a sense of self-entitlement, treachery and betrayal.

I assure you that at the end of the day, after he loses next years election, he will betray the PDP all over again just as he did once before.

After he loses he will abandon his supporters yet again and run back to Dubai to be with his Arab wife and friends for yet another four years after which he will resurface in Nigeria and try to grab the nomination to be flagbearer for yet another political party that is stupid and desperate enough to take him.

Given the fact thet he has run for the Presidency on both the APC and the ACN platforms each once before whilst he has used the PDP platform twice, perhaps the Labour Party will offer him their own platform to use in 2027 after Peter Obi retires from politics and goes back to his container business.

You see Atiku is loyal to his ambition alone and it has blinded his better judgement and blurred and marred his senses.

That is why he has been running for the Presidency for the last 30 years! Yes I said 30 years and those that doubt it are free to go and do the research to verify it.

A man that is so obsessed with power surely cannot be trusted with it.

He reminds me of the character called Golum in J.R. Tolkien’s famous book titled, ‘Lord of the Rings’: a vicious, ugly, pitiful, grotesque, accursed, cruel, obsessive and twisted little beast whose only purpose in life was the futile quest to pursue and possess something that was never destined to be his: namely the Ring of Power.

That is Atiku for you: he is a spiritual Golum.

He has no chance of redemption and he is likely to come to a sad and pitiful end just like Golum did.

Yet nothing illustrates his penchant for treachery and compulsion to betray more than the way in which he used, dumped and betrayed the 5 Governors of his PDP party.

He broke his word to them on countless issues and occassions which has resulted in an irrevocable and irreconcilable division In the ranks of their party and which has reduced them in stature, status, strength, prestige and fire power, removed their testicles and turned them into a shadow and caricature of their former selves.

And yet the village idiot and court jester is saying this is the man that should be President of our country?

A man that has destroyed his own party due to his selfish, personal ambition?

Will he not destroy Nigeria in the same way if given the opportunity?

May God forbid it!

The truth is that Kashim Shettima is 100 times a better man than Atiku and we will prove that at the polls.

As a matter of fact when compared to Atiku Abubakar he is an angel.

By the grace of God we will defeat him even in his own local government area and ward in Adamawa state.

Permit me to conclude with the following: if you want to talk about those with links with terrorists, kidnappers and murderers, I believe Atiku Ibn Dubai will have to explain to us the nature of his relationship with some of those that have continuously supported or spoken for the killer terrorists and bloodthirsty kidnappers in our midst.

It is not Kashim Shettima that carried those people in his private jet in 2019 during the presidential campaign.

It is not Kashim Shettima that has a relationship with a vicious and dangerous individual that is currently in DSS custody that is likely to be hit with very serious terrorism charges very soon and who was recently arrested, extradited and forcefully brought back to the country from Egypt in order to face those charges.

It is not Shettima who is linked to those who are asking the Nigerian Government to pay terrorist kidnappers as much as they want and to even empty the coffers of Central Bank in order to pay them if needs be.

It is not Kashim Shettima that is close to those that warned that if we are not careful we shall soon be compelled to start paying kidnappers and terrorists in dollars in order to get them off our backs and get those they kidnapped back.

It is not Kashim Shettima that is linked to these people: it is Atiku Abubakar.

Again you may wish to ask why it is that in the last 25 years since terrorism has been ravaging some parts of our country, none of Atiku’s farms, schools, homes, offices or facilities have been attacked, touched or affected in any way if not for the fact that there is some kind of link or relationship between him and those that commit these atrocities.

Is he their godfather, does he pay them protection money or is he just lucky?

Time will expose the truth.

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Meanwhile the time will soon come in this campaign when we shall expose who Atiku Abubakar really is to the Nigerian people. I assure you, you ain’t seen or heard nothing yet!

Until then I conclude with the following: Atiku is the greatest evil that the political dispensation has ever known since we gained our independence in 1960.

You can quote me on that!

(FFK)

 

(Chief Femi Fani-Kayode is the former Minister of Aviation and the Director of Public Engagements, Special Media Operations and New Media of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Organisation)

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One Voice, One Future: Youth Power for a New Nigeria

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One Voice, One Future: Youth Power for a New Nigeria

By George Omagbemi Sylvester

In the history of nations, there always comes a defining moment when the youth must rise to rescue their future from the grip of complacency, corruption and systemic decay. That moment, for Nigeria, is now. The clarion call is no longer a whisper in the dark, it is a deafening roar echoing across the cities and villages, the streets and campuses and the diaspora. 2027 is not just another election year; it is a generation’s opportunity to reclaim its destiny.

Nigeria, once hailed as the Giant of Africa, is now crawling under the weight of failed leadership, nepotism, economic collapse and insecurity. Over 70% of Nigeria’s population is under the age of 35, this is not a mere statistic; it is a superpower waiting to be activated. Yet, for decades, the same recycled leadership has ruled the country like a private estate, while the youth are sidelined, patronized or pacified with empty slogans.

The Reality: A Nation Betrayed
The facts are brutal and undeniable. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), as of the fourth quarter of 2024, youth unemployment stood at 42.5%, one of the highest rates globally. Thousands of graduates are turned out yearly into a job market that has nothing to offer them. Our educational institutions are underfunded, with lecturers going on endless strikes, while billions of naira are siphoned into the offshore accounts of corrupt politicians.

The World Bank states that over 40% of Nigerians live below the poverty line, with youth bearing the brunt of the economic despair. The same youth are used during elections as pawns, thugs, online propagandists and cheerleaders for politicians who have never and will never fight for their future.

We must say: “Enough is Enough.”

The Power of Youth: A Sleeping Giant
Across Africa, the story is changing. Youth-led movements are challenging old orders and shaking the foundations of outdated governance systems.

In Uganda, Bobi Wine, a musician turned politician, galvanized millions of youth to challenge President Museveni’s long-standing dictatorship. While he didn’t win the election, he ignited a flame of hope. In Sudan, youth were at the center of the 2019 revolution that ousted the 30-year regime of Omar al-Bashir.

As Nelson Mandela once said, “Youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow.” But as things stand in Nigeria, tomorrow never seems to come, unless we seize it.

In 2020, during the #EndSARS movement, we saw a glimpse of what a united, tech savvy and courageous Nigerian youth can achieve. For once, the world stood still as Nigerian youth organized without a central leadership structure, crowd funded, coordinated logistics, engaged in civic education and peacefully demanded justice. Despite the violent crackdown at Lekki Tollgate, the spirit of resistance lives on.

2027: The Youth Mandate
If we are serious about change, then 2027 must be our electoral revolution. Not through violence, but through strategic mobilization, political education, voter registration and active participation in the democratic process.

Let us be clear: the days of apathy are over. As the African proverb goes, “He who is not part of the solution is part of the problem.”

Youth must no longer be mere spectators or online critics; we must become candidates, campaigners, policy drafters, party leaders, election monitors and political donors. Our demographic power must translate into voting power and our voting power must produce accountable leadership.

According to INEC, less than 35% of youth eligible to vote actually did so in the 2023 elections. This is a travesty. With over 90 million Nigerians under 40, if even 50% of us vote smartly and strategically in 2027, we can turn the tide.

Towards a National Youth Alliance
What we need now is not another party, we need a movement, a coalition, a National Youth Alliance that transcends ethnicity, religion and class.

A youth amalgamation that brings together student unions, tech entrepreneurs, young professionals, artisans, artists, athletes, activists and influencers. A youth vanguard that builds structures, fields candidates, protects votes and holds leaders accountable.

We must engage in issue based politics, not stomach infrastructure or tribal loyalties. The youth must demand answers to the questions that matter:

“Why are over 10 million Nigerian children out of school?”

“Why does Nigeria remain the poverty capital of the world, according to the Brookings Institution?”

“Why is our minimum wage ₦70,000 when a bag of rice is over ₦70,000?”

“Why are lawmakers earning ₦30 million monthly while civil servants are owed arrears?”

The late Thomas Sankara, Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader, once said, “You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness.” We need a bit of that madness, the madness to challenge the status quo, to think differently and to act boldly.

From Hashtags to Ballot Boxes
It is not enough to trend on Twitter or rant on TikTok, social media is powerful, yes I agree, but it is not a substitute for civic engagement; we need to bridge the gap between online activism and offline results.

Youths must start at the grassroots to win local government seats, state assemblies and build a pipeline of leadership that is tested and accountable. The #NotTooYoungToRun Act must not be a symbolic victory; it must be a political weapon in our hands.

Let us support credible youth candidates with our time, resources and platforms. Let us organize town hall meetings, debates and policy hackathons. Let us raise funds, build apps to track campaign promises and expose corrupt leaders.

As Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said, “When we refuse to engage in politics, we end up being governed by our inferiors.”

Time for Tangible Action
It is time for each Nigerian youth to ask themselves: What am I doing today to secure my tomorrow? Are we registering to vote? Are we sensitizing our peers? Are we demanding better governance at the community level?

We must begin to think long term, beyond 2027. The goal is not just to elect a few fresh faces. The goal is to build a sustainable youth-driven democratic culture where excellence not ethnicity, becomes the metric of leadership.

Let us stop romanticizing suffering. Nigeria has the talent, the resources and the manpower to be great. What we lack is visionary leadership and that is what we must now provide.

Final Words: A Movement, not a Moment
This is a movement, not a moment. It will require sacrifice, unity and strategy. There will be obstacles, betrayals and frustrations. But we must remain focused.

As the Pan-Africanist Kwame Nkrumah declared: “The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa.” Likewise, any victory in 2027 will be meaningless unless it sets off a chain reaction of liberation, innovation and transformation across all levels of Nigerian society.

So, dear patriotic Nigerian youth; RISE! This is your time… Your country needs you more than ever.

Don’t wait for change, be the change.

Together, we can make a difference.

#YouthFor2027 #NationalAllianceNow #SecureTheFuture #NigeriaDeservesBetter

One Voice, One Future: Youth Power for a New Nigeria
By George Omagbemi Sylvester

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2027 Power Pact? Atiku Offers Peter Obi VP Slot in One-Term Deal Amid Mega Coalition Talks

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2027 Power Pact? Atiku Offers Peter Obi VP Slot in One-Term Deal Amid Mega Coalition Talks

 

There are strong indications that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar may have proposed a single-term presidency deal to Peter Obi, the 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, in a move aimed at unifying the opposition ahead of the 2027 general election.

According to multiple high-level sources involved in the coalition negotiations, who requested anonymity, the offer was first tabled during a discreet meeting between Atiku and Obi in the United Kingdom earlier this year. Atiku reportedly pledged to serve only one four-year term and hand over to Obi in 2031—a strategic rotation aimed at strengthening opposition unity and appeasing both leaders’ support bases.

The former Anambra State governor, who served as Atiku’s running mate in the 2019 presidential race under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is said to have tentatively accepted the proposal. However, he is currently consulting with his inner circle and political loyalists before making any formal announcement.

This development comes nearly two months after Atiku, Obi, former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai, and other political stakeholders publicly declared plans to form a coalition to challenge President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027. The March 20 coalition announcement in Abuja sparked widespread debate and raised hopes for an opposition merger capable of ending APC’s dominance.

Sources say discussions have moved beyond exploratory talks to active alignment of strategies, with plans to sign a formal agreement. “Atiku and Obi met earlier in the UK where Atiku suggested the coalition idea and asked Obi to be his running mate,” said a party insider. “Obi asked for time to consult his people, and recent developments indicate he has agreed.”

There are also discussions about the political platform the Atiku-Obi ticket might run on, given the internal crises currently plaguing both the PDP and LP. The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has emerged as a strong contender, with several coalition loyalists reportedly engaging with the party’s leadership or quietly switching affiliations.

A source familiar with the talks explained: “The Social Democratic Party (SDP) was an option, but it’s believed that the APC has already infiltrated it. The ADC, on the other hand, is gaining momentum, with many stakeholders aligning behind its vision for a mega political platform.”

When contacted, Atiku’s media aide, Paul Ibe, did not confirm the specifics of the agreement but acknowledged ongoing coalition talks. “What I can tell you is that both Atiku and Obi are focused on building a broad-based coalition capable of unseating the APC in 2027,” he said.

Obi’s camp has remained tight-lipped on the alleged deal. Peter Ahmeh, a close ally of Obi and National Secretary of the Coalition of United Political Parties, avoided confirming the VP offer but noted Obi is actively working to resolve the LP’s internal disputes.

The National Coordinator of the Obedient Movement, Yunusa Tanko, dismissed reports of an Atiku-Obi joint ticket, saying: “As far as I’m concerned, there is nothing of this nature currently on the table. Obi has not discussed anything of the sort with me.”

ADC National Chairman Ralph Nwosu confirmed his party is in contact with all major opposition stakeholders and hinted at a major announcement soon. “The ADC is committed to building a mega African political party,” he said. “We’ve engaged with all key players and even government officials. The project is beyond Nigeria—it’s about rescuing Africa through credible leadership.”

As the political landscape begins to shift, Nigerians are watching closely. If sealed, an Atiku-Obi alliance under a united banner could reshape the dynamics of the 2027 election and pose the most formidable challenge yet to the APC’s reign.

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Tinubu Isn’t Nigeria’s Problem — He’s the Symptom of a Rotting System

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Budget Constraints, Infrastructure Woes Stall Diplomatic Deployment

from military rule to mismanaged democracy, Nigeria’s crisis runs deeper than any one president.

By Femi Oyewale

In the flurry of discontent sweeping across Nigeria today—rising costs, worsening insecurity, and public distrust—many fingers are pointing at President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. But in our desperation to find a scapegoat, we risk missing the bigger picture. Tinubu is not the architect of Nigeria’s ruin; he is the latest occupant of a broken system built on decades of policy failure, corruption, and elite impunity.
Tinubu Isn’t Nigeria’s Problem — He’s the Symptom of a Rotting System
Let’s be clear: Tinubu’s administration deserves critique—no leader is above accountability. But it is intellectually lazy and politically shortsighted to isolate him as the root cause of Nigeria’s dysfunction. Our real enemy is the structure—a web of systemic errors that has entangled Nigeria for over 60 years.
A Brief History of Institutional Collapse
Since independence: Nigeria has struggled with the ghosts of colonial division, regional distrust, and leadership that prioritized personal gain over national development. From military dictatorships to flawed democratic transitions, every administration contributed bricks to the wall of dysfunction we now face. Policies came and went, but accountability remained a myth. The oil boom brought riches, yet poverty deepened. Institutions became shells of power, riddled with incompetence and fueled by patronage.
Democracy Hijacked: Nigeria Under Tinubu and APC's Reign of Suppression By George Omagbemi Sylvester
By the time democracy “returned” in 1999, the nation had already normalized bad governance. Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan, Buhari—all had chances to reverse the rot. Instead, they either sustained it or worsened it. Now Tinubu inherits a house built on sand, and we expect him to walk on water.
Structural Injustice and a Culture of Rot
The real crisis lies in how our political, judicial, and economic systems are wired. We run a federal system that behaves like a unitary state. Governors act as emperors. Elections are transactional. Justice is for sale. And our security architecture is outdated and overwhelmed.
Fueling Uncertainty: Investigating Nigeria's Subsidy Removal And Dangote Refinery Debacle* By Sylvester Audu
Tinubu did not invent fuel subsidy scams. He didn’t start the tradition of bloated governance or underfunded education. The poverty and infrastructural decay tormenting Nigerians today are the cumulative results of 60+ years of elite failure. If not him, the system would have found another operator.
A People Conditioned to Tolerate Failure
Nigerians have also been conditioned—through survivalism and repression—to accept bad leadership as fate. We cheer tribalism over merit, and we normalize inefficiency as long as it wears our ethnic or religious label. This collective silence is what emboldens political actors, not just at the top but across all tiers of government.
Nigeria: Achebe’s Warning Ignored, A Nation in Relapse By George Omagbemi Sylvester
TIME TO FIX THE FOUNDATION
Removing Tinubu won’t fix Nigeria. Electing a messiah won’t work if the system crushes reformers. What Nigeria needs is institutional restructuring, civic awakening, and a hard reboot of its political culture. We must de-emphasize personalities and focus on process. We need less of “who’s in power” and more of “how power works.”
The Architect of Renewal: The Bola Ahmed Tinubu Story Reviewed by Sunday Dare,
Blaming Tinubu alone is like blaming the final domino in a long-fallen chain. He is a reflection, not the cause. If Nigerians want a better future, we must stop hacking at branches and start digging out roots. This is not just Tinubu’s mess—it is ours too. And until we fix the system, no president, saint or sinner, will save us.

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