ASIWAJU: The Biography of Bolanle Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu

Download or read book ASIWAJU: The Biography of Bolanle Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu written by Moshood Ademola Fayemiwo, PhD & Margie Neal-Fayemiwo, Ed.D and published by Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency. This book was released on 2017-07-28 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asiwaju Tinubu, national leader, APC, engineered the first takeover of power by the opposition in Nigeria in 2015. He was the only politician standing as governor of Lagos state, southwest Nigeria between 1999 and 2007. This was a period the political blitzkrieg unleashed by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) under former President Olusegun Obasanjo swept the southwest like a tsunami and all opposition governors lost their seats. Tinubu retained his seat and administered Lagos state for eight progressive years without a cent/kobo from the PDP-controlled Federal Government Who is Bolanle Tinubu? Where was he born and how did he grow up? What was his parentage like in the 1950s? What does Tinubu want in Nigeria? This is the first comprehensively researched biography of Jagaban.