By Onyema Omenuwa
Bola Ahmed Tinubu
has been unravelled. As a bigot, that is. Eventually, and completely, it needs
to be added. And it is all due to the hypocritical kind of politics that he
plays, particularly in Lagos State where he holds sway as the alpha and omega
of politics. Significantly, his unrelenting and desperate quest to become the
President of Nigeria led to his unravelling. Though he has succeeded in that
regard, since he is today the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed
Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the success came at the great cost
of shattering the façade of progressivism that has all along defined his
politics.
Tinubu projects progressivism as his political worldview. But presently in Lagos State, the “Igbo Must Go” hashtag has become something of a mantra across social media platforms for the Yoruba residents of Lagos and their supporters. That is starkly anti-progressive by any stretch of imagination, and it is happening in Tinubu’s Lagos. “Residents” is used advisedly in this context because not every Yoruba in Lagos is an indigene of Lagos State or a “Lagosian,” as the indigenes of the state delight in describing themselves. And that is the irony.
