By Remi Adebayo (AbujaCityJournal)

The world was taken on a shock ride on Sunday, September 6, 2021 when news poured in from the West African country that President Alpha Conte of Guinea Conakry, a country of an estimated 13 million people, according to the 2019 World Bank data, had been seized by the Guinean Special Forces and dissolved some institutions of government.

Leader of the enraged military Special Forces, Lt-Col. Mamady Doumbouya, a former French foreign legionnaire officer had alleged that the sacked government was embroiled in ‘mismanagement” as reason for the coup.

“We are no longer going to entrust politics to one man, we are going to entrust politics to the people. Guinea is beautiful. We don’t need to rape Guinea any more, we just need to make love to her,” Doumbouya had said in a television broadcast after Conte’s ouster.

But then, as condemnations continue to greet the insurrection and calls continuing coming from different world leaders and concerned persons, demanding for the immediate restoration of constitutional rule in Guinea, one Nigerian who is definitely will be among most concerned is the National Leader of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu whose relationship with the ousted Guinean leader is reportedly beyond mere political affiliation and deeper into business dealings.

Not only this, Prof. Conte is a known personal friend of the former Lagos state Governor, and this he did not hide to the point of moving his political mercenary to assist someone his media office described as a ‘friend and brother’ at defining moment when the second term-seeking Conte needed his friend most.

In an October 26, 2015 edition of Vanguard newspaper, Tinubu’s media aide, Mr. Sunday Dare, now Nigeria’s Minister of Youth, had caused a report titled, “In faraway Guinea Conakry, Tinubu’s political prowess holds sway,” invariably to showcase the political dexterity of the APC chieftain.

Dare had written; “Though the October 11, 2015 presidential elections in Guinea Conakry have come and gone, not many would forget in a long time the key role played by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”

Dare went further to explain how the Tinubu’s media and political base visibly headed for Guinea, a sovereign little country to guarantee victory for his friend who won as a result of what Dare called a “reward for hard work and a campaign that was on message. The political campaign of the incumbent president got a bite when Tinubu moved in to help his friend, a brother and a true African leader.”

The Tinubu political team also explained that it got embedded within the Alpha Conde Campaign Organisation up to election monitoring and countering the opponents; and carried out a day-by-day review of the campaign. “Perhaps, the most defining aspect of the presidential campaign was the ROBO call element, which was used for the first time in any election in Guinea.”

Although respondents then condemned the invasion of the Tinubu mercenary into the Alpha Conte’s campaign, but the deed as they say had already been done. Pundits wondered why a private citizen, regardless of closeness to a candidate in a foreign jurisdiction would delve so glaringly into the affairs of another independent nation.

Desmond Afolayan, writing in The Cable of October 28, 2015 had opined that: “In a country whose democracy is yet fragile and in an election that was just the country’s second free multiparty national election since it gained independence in 1958, the help any true friend of the people of Guinea should have offered leading up to and during the election should have been in such critical areas as the advocacy for a peaceful and watchful conduct by the people, capacity building for state institutions like the electoral umpire and security agencies to perform their duties without fear or favour, and the advocacy for exemplary behaviour by the candidates and other key political operatives that will result in peaceful electoral outcomes.”

However, what many do not know is that the Guinean President is more than a friend to the Jagaban as Tinubu is fondly called, due to the chieftaincy title he received in Borgu Kingdom. President Conte and Asiwaju Tinubu have enjoyed years of business relationship that the Nigerian political warhorse is honoured to have a permanent lodge in the West African country’s government house.

Aside this, Guinea Conakry is one of African countries used by the ex-governor whenever the need arose for him to take rest and shy away from the demanding Nigerian public that daily throng his abode to seek consultation, political or other forms of assistance and support.

With his friend’s fate uncertain under the military custody, Tinubu, who himself is reportedly recuperating in his London home, from where he is receiving some top Nigerian political actors is sure to be concerned and one is certain that if there is any lever to pull, the Asiwaju will most certainly do everything to save his business partner now.

What will Tinubu do; will he pull the strings to marshal international pressure to get Conte released; can he get him reinstated to his seat or will he plead with the Nigerian leader, President Muhammadu Buhari to pave way for his business partner to secure asylum in Africa’s most populous country? Only time will tell!
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Thief even spread this his stupid disease to other African countries.

Tinubu is not the type to leave a friend in need at trying times

Hate him or love him Jagaban is a movement


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So tinubu is now a guinean, I wish him good luck in his try if he wish to

AGNESikpuNNU:
Thief even spread this his stupid disease to other African countries.

Eleribu,OUK,T A Oji are saints right? U need to remove the logs in your eyes first

Tinubu wey never save himself from himself Dey reason save President wey his aid run street

Tinubu go Dey hide now .. make his matters no go cast for the new regime

Right now all associates of the former President dey hide face.. while looking for soft landing... cos of their interest.

Maybe Na Tinubu Dey control one sector for their... e go just be for am...

And this aid go don know and mark the druggie...
Oya Tinubu come dey go guniea ... Nigeria wan confirm something

Asgard73:
Tinubu wey never save himself from himself Dey reason save President wey his aid run street

Tinubu go Dey hide now .. make his matters no go cast for the new regime

Right now all associates of the former President dey hide face.. while looking for soft landing... cos of their interest.

Maybe Na Tinubu Dey control one sector for their... e go just be for am...

And this aid go don know and mark the druggie...
Oya Tinubu come dey go guniea ... Nigeria wan confirm something

Incoherent gilbrish Ibo man political talk as usual

Zero tact, zero political sense, just empty comments

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Asgard73:
Tinubu wey never save himself from himself Dey reason save President wey his aid run street

Tinubu go Dey hide now .. make his matters no go cast for the new regime

Right now all associates of the former President dey hide face.. while looking for soft landing... cos of their interest.

Maybe Na Tinubu Dey control one sector for their... e go just be for am...

And this aid go don know and mark the druggie...
Oya Tinubu come dey go guniea ... Nigeria wan confirm something

Poverty Na bad thing? You have nothing you can think about that can make money for you & your family to exit penury? Only to carry Jagaban issue for head, Abi Bola Tinubu Na your papa?

Jerryherd:



Incoherent gilbrish Ibo man political talk as usual

Zero tact, zero political sense, just empty comments

.

Your picture of Abacha, MKO, Tinubu and others, did MKO know Tinubu was going behind to ask Abacha for favours during his June 12 ordeal?

BeardedMeat:
Your picture of Abacha, MKO, Tinubu and others, did MKO know Tinubu was going behind to ask Abacha for favours during his June 12 ordeal?

What favour

Buckeyemedia1:
Poverty Na bad thing? You have nothing you can think about that can make money for you & your family to exit penury? Only to carry Jagaban issue for head, Abi Bola Tinubu Na your papa?

Dangote we don see you oo

Jerryherd:


What favour

To be appointed a minister in Abacha's government.

BeardedMeat:
To be appointed a minister in Abacha's government.

Lol

You clearly must be a kid back then, both Abiola and Tinubu helped nominated Abacha's cabinet members after ousting Shonekan

Jerryherd:



Incoherent gilbrish Ibo man political talk as usual

Zero tact, zero political sense, just empty comments

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Coming from a Yoruba human being
Next!

Jerryherd:


Lol

You clearly must be a kid back then, both Abiola and Tinubu helped nominated Abacha's cabinet members after ousting Shonekan

Where was tinubu mentioned solmus?

The same Tinubu that can't install common party chairman in Nigeria?

SarkinYarki:
The same Tinubu that can't install common party chairman in Nigeria?

Hassan M. Zurmi
Chief Bisi Akande
Adams Oshiomhole

Were they not party chairmen in Nigeria or who installed them?!

U no get leg u wan save person how?

They are incapable of saving anything but themselves, their selfishness knows no bounds. Like Abiola, Awolowo, FFK, and now Tinoubou