Bola Ahmed Tinubu (born 29 March 1952) was
elected Senator for the Lagos West constituency
in Lagos State , Nigeria in 1993, just before a
military take-over in December 1993. After the
return to democracy, he was elected governor of
Lagos State, holding office from 29 May 1999 to
29 May 2007. He is an influential member of the
All Progressives Congress party; he also holds
both the chieftaincy of the Asiwaju of Lagos and
that of the Jagaban of the Borgu Kingdom in the
Northern Niger State of Nigeria.


Early political career
His political career began in 1992, when he was
elected to the Nigerian Senate representing the
Lagos West constituency in the short-lived
Nigerian Third Republic. [4] After the results of
the 12 June 1993 presidential elections were
annulled, Tinubu became a founding member of
the pro-democracy National Democratic
Coalition (NADECO), which mobilized support for
the restoration of democracy and recognition of
the 12 June results. He went into exile in 1994
and returned to the country in 1998 after the
death of military dictator Sani Abacha , which
ushered in a transition to civilian rule.[5]
In the run-up to the 1999 elections, Bola Tinubu
was a protégé of Alliance for Democracy (AD)
leaders Abraham Adesanya and Ayo Adebanjo .
[6] He won the AD primaries for the Lagos State
gubernatorial elections in competition with Funso
Williams and Wahab Dosunmu, a former Minister
of Works and Housing. [7] In April 1999, he stood
for the position of Executive Governor of Lagos
State on the AD ticket and was elected.

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Please Nairalanders One Word For this Man
For me i will say #Brainy

Cc:
Lalasticlala
Seun
Ishilove

mr tortise,ever deceitful.

Tinubu, please leave Buhari alone

ammyluv2002:
Tinubu, please leave Buhari alone

it is on the foundation of what that same Tinubu built that u all are rejoicing today...learn to love him, he is the architech of CHANGE. God i thank u for making me live in the time of this great yoruba leader #JAGABAN

JAGABAN of Nigeria! Man of the Year