‘I Don’t Believe In One Nigeria’ – Tinubu

‘I don’t believe in one Nigeria’, Bola Tinubu was quoted to have said in April 1997.

NewsOne Nigeria reports that Tinubu made this statement in a 1997 interview with Ayo Arowolo, the present Chief of Staff (CoS) to the Chairman of Arise Group, Prince Nduka Obaigbena.

Moving forward, this is 2020 and Bola Tinubu is the current National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigeria’s ruling party. The APC chieftain is also a two time governor of Lagos State.

Why Tinubu had said in 1997 that he does not believe in One Nigeria, in 2020, the that line is actually more common among members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) led by Nnamdi Kanu.

However, 23 years after Tinubu had said: “I don’t believe in one Nigeria“, he is touted in quarters, to be interested in the 2023 Presidency, in an election that would usher in a new President that will eventually replace President Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria’s President.

The Big question for Tinubu 

The big question for Tinubu now is if he does not believe in Nigeria now or his opinion has changed about “one Nigeria” ahead of the 2023 Presidential election.