Since the euphoria of the election victory, no one has deemed it fit to give credit to Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Jagaban and the man behind the opposition in Nigeria.

He was elected in 1999 as the governor of Lagos State, under the platform of Alliance for Democracy (AD) and after the 2003 general election, Bola Tinubu remained the only surviving AD governor to be reelected as Governor.

He contested against funsho Williams and he won a keenly contested election. AD lost in other Southwestern states.

from 2003-2007, he fought the powers at the top. What Amechi is doing now, was done by BAT against OBJ. OBJ seized the allocation for years. Instead of Lagos to collapse, BAT devised a means to increase the IGR for the state, which sustained Lagos State.

in 2007, he stood against other big names in AC and made Fashola the governor. Fashola a product of BAT performed excellently. from 2007 and 2012, he regained Ondo, Edo, Ekiti and Osun from PDP.

in 2011, he ensured that ACN regained other southwestern states lost to PDP in 2003.

He also ensure the emergence of Aminu Tambuwal as the speaker of the house of Rep, against the wishes of the PDP.

He made George Akume the minority leader of the senate, instead of someone from Southwest.

He strengthened the opposition by releasing his party for the formation of APC, realising that to take power from PDP, you need a formidable force.

He ensured the emergence of GMB as the APC flag bearer, sponsoring him, making Amechi campaign DG and then selecting a Pastor as GMB's running mate to secure the Christian Block votes.

What else can I say?

BAT is 100% responsible for what we are about to celebrate tonight.

Give credit to who deserves it

I've never really liked him, cause I consider him corrupt. But that same corruption has made him wrestle with the largest party in west Africa and did what has never happened before in the history of Nigeria

He deserves all credit

His support for GEJ in 2011, made GEJ win the SW. He withdrew the support and GEJ collapsed.

He is the Awolowo of this generation.

Long live Jagaban

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu

The former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is considered a master political strategist who guided Buhari’s aspiration to a success at the party’s national convention last year.

Sai-Baba2Tinubu was able to ensure that not only did Buhari get the block vote of the Southwest, but also ensured that many states outside the region that did not have governors in the contest supported Buhari.

After the nomination convention, Tinubu together with likeminded party members was able to weave a formidable campaign machine that put Buhari to victory. Reflective of Tinubu’s imprint in the victory was the fact that Buhari in his last three runs never made an impression in the Southwest, a region he swept last weekend with victories in five of the six states.

Despite the lures and lashes from the opposition, Tinubu stood firm in an unwavering support for Buhari that proved crucial in achieving victory.

He is a very brilliant politician. Wresting power from PDP is no mean feat!

Bola Tinubu deserves a standing ovation!! I would love to read his biography on his metaphorical rise in the murky waters of Nigerian politics.

He is one very smart man! He's is 100percent responsible for the victory against PDP.

Very well played Sir, very well played.

Ralphlauren:
Bola Tinubu deserves a standing ovation!! I would love to read his biography on his metaphorical rise in the murky waters of Nigerian politics.

He is one very smart man! He's is 100percent responsible for the victory against PDP.

Very well played Sir, very well played.

You're very correct.

Give it to his wisdom. BAT is a strategist

Jagaban

More thanks to AIT also for the documentary.

All hail Jagaban of the Borgu Kingdom in the Northern Niger State of Nigeria!
All hail Jagaban of Naija politics!

Jagaban of Nigeria!

He is a man with great knowledge and wisdom. May God preserve his life to see many more fruitful years

Which credit? Just like his hero who he arrives to be like in every way, including eye glasses, obafemi awolowo, he has return the yoruba's to their slave masters.

davodyguy:
Since the euphoria of the election victory, no one has deemed it fit to give credit to Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Jagaban and the man behind the opposition in Nigeria.

He was elected in 1999 as the governor of Lagos State, under the platform of Alliance for Democracy (AD) and after the 2003 general election, Bola Tinubu remained the only surviving AD governor to be reelected as Governor.

He contested against funsho Williams and he won a keenly contested election. AD lost in other Southwestern states.

from 2003-2007, he fought the powers at the top. What Amechi is doing now, was done by BAT against OBJ. OBJ seized the allocation for years. Instead of Lagos to collapse, BAT devised a means to increase the IGR for the state, which sustained Lagos State.

in 2007, he stood against other big names in AC and made Fashola the governor. Fashola a product of BAT performed excellently. from 2007 and 2012, he regained Ondo, Edo, Ekiti and Osun from PDP.

in 2011, he ensured that ACN regained other southwestern states lost to PDP in 2003.

He also ensure the emergence of Aminu Tambuwal as the speaker of the house of Rep, against the wishes of the PDP.

He made George Akume the minority leader of the senate, instead of someone from Southwest.

He strengthened the opposition by releasing his party for the formation of APC, realising that to take power from PDP, you need a formidable force.

He ensured the emergence of GMB as the APC flag bearer, sponsoring him, making Amechi campaign DG and then selecting a Pastor as GMB's running mate to secure the Christian Block votes.

What else can I say?

BAT is 100% responsible for what we are about to celebrate tonight.

Give credit to who deserves it

Tinubu really is a major factor to our celebration

Symphony007:
Which credit? Just like his hero who he arrives to be like in every way, including eye glasses, obafemi awolowo, he has return the yoruba's to their slave masters.

How? by simply thinking outside the box unlike the ethnocentric Igbo tribe?

Tradesrunner:

Tinubu really is a major factor to our celebration

you're correct my brother

Will you shut up, which yeye u de talk.. If you don't know this elections were a repudiation of Jonathans inept govt and not based on the prowess of any person .. We were just tired of Jona

I've always admired Tinubu since the days of NADECO.
Nigerians will have the cause to thank this man.
You might want to disagree, but Tinubu is a hero!

davodyguy:
How? by simply thinking outside the box unlike the ethnocentric Igbo tribe?

thinking outside which box? The moment the APC was formed and the picked an hausa man as presidential candidate and a pastor of the most popular yoruba's church as vice, I knew we were going back to the post civil war era of gowon and awolowo ! Any student if history knows this.

jagaban
ekun oko pdp

Tinubu sacrificed his personal project, the ACN to join other progressives in forming a bigger platform APC and that became the joker that dislodged the PDP that had previously vowed to rule Nigeria for 50years.

That is really admirable. I salute the tenacity od the Founder/Chairman of the Council of Tinubu Political Academy

The mods should do the needful.
Let us celebrate Jagaban who was the strategic brain behind the success we are witnessing now

sanky346:
Tinubu sacrificed his personal project, the ACN to join other progressives in forming a bigger platform APC and that became the joker that dislodged the PDP that had previously vowed to rule Nigeria for 50years.

That is really admirable. I salute the tenacity od the Founder/Chairman of the Council of Tinubu Political Academy

He did not sacrifice, he conceptualise, designed and implemented the APC.

The great political architect. The true godfather. Bigger than awolowo (don't ask me how, I have explained in another thread)

Symphony007:
thinking outside which box? The moment the APC was formed and the picked an hausa man as presidential candidate and a pastor of the most popular yoruba's church as vice, I knew we were going back to the post civil war era of gowon and awolowo ! Any student if history knows this.

Is there any way/approach that could be adopted to wrestle power from PDP?

Tinubu is very wise. After 8 years of the Hausa, One of Fashola or Mamora will lead Nigeria

That's not slavery.

Hausa can't rule for more than 8 years. How's that slavery? please tell us

idupaul:
Will you shut up, which yeye u de talk.. If you don't know this elections were a repudiation of Jonathans inept govt and not based on the prowess of any person .. We were just tired of Jona

which kain tiredness? If BAT didn't lead the struggle, who else would? If he sold out, Nigeria is finished.

Give him some credits

In Nigerian politics we should actually study Jagaban.

He is an enigma. He had what Awo never had. Politics of give and take, Politics of compromise. In Politics everywhere in the world you would never amount to anything without compromise

Tinubu actually took out of the playbook of Akintola in that regard

I have more to say about Bola Ahmed Tinubu Jagaban Borgu

Hope he has stopped doing and selling drugs?

KanwuliaJara:
Hope he has stopped doing and selling drugs?

Almondjoy, behave yourself biko

davodyguy:
The mods should do the needful.
Let us celebrate Jagaban who was the strategic brain behind the success we are witnessing now

Exactly.

KanwuliaJara:
Hope he has stopped doing and selling drugs?

Go to bed. We are talking reality

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu

The former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is considered a master political strategist who guided Buhari’s aspiration to a success at the party’s national convention last year.

Sai-Baba2Tinubu was able to ensure that not only did Buhari get the block vote of the Southwest, but also ensured that many states outside the region that did not have governors in the contest supported Buhari.

After the nomination convention, Tinubu together with likeminded party members was able to weave a formidable campaign machine that put Buhari to victory. Reflective of Tinubu’s imprint in the victory was the fact that Buhari in his last three runs never made an impression in the Southwest, a region he swept last weekend with victories in five of the six states.

Despite the lures and lashes from the opposition, Tinubu stood firm in an unwavering support for Buhari that proved crucial in achieving victory.

- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/buharis-victory-the-men-who-made-it-possible/#sthash.oN4P6nTt.dpuf

davodyguy:
Go to bed. We are talking reality

Reality?

Abeg go look see how much Jona and Patience leave for Nigeria first o!

KanwuliaJara:


Reality?

Abeg go look see how much Jona and Patience leave for Nigeria first o!

It matters but cant matter too much. Any Government that you have strategists like BAT and sound brains like Fashola, Oshomole, Dr Kayode Fayemi, Prof Osinbajo, Amechi and Rochas will definitely not collapse like Jonathan's Government