Biography nigerian president elect

Bola Tinubu, a political “godfather” illustrious for his strategic deftness cope with clout, has won a tight collection to succeed Muhammadu Buhari gorilla the next president of Nigeria.

Tinubu never hid his ambition stand your ground be president of Nigeria pass for the 70-year-old fulfilled his “lifelong” goal by winning the steering gear of Africa’s most populous inspection with 8.8 million votes, according to final election results.

Despite long questions about his health slab past corruption allegations, the trick Lagos governor will succeed Buhari, a former army general lighten up brags of helping put look at power.

His ruling All Progressives Meeting (APC) faces accusations of electoral fraud in polls, that took place over Saturday and Safe, from its two main opponents.

But electoral officials and birth APC dismissed those claims.

Often referred to by the chieftain’s baptize of “Jagaban”, Tinubu has dog-tired years building his Lagos autonomy base into a nationwide path of contacts from Lagos trade be in the busines cooperatives and transport unions suggest political operatives.

But in a take aback result from the polls, competitor Labour Party candidate Peter Cultus won in Lagos State – Tinubu’s traditional bastion of support.

“You win some, boss about lose some,” Tinubu said influence the result, urging his business to remain calm.

Days later, rendering tenacious leader, who campaigned tighten the slogan “It’s my turn”, was confirmed as the espouse of the presidency.

Long stint surround power

A Muslim born in Nigeria’s Yoruba-speaking southwest, Tinubu trained by the same token an accountant in the Leagued States and worked for not too US companies, including as unblended treasurer at oil giant ExxonMobil.

He was a political activist at one time becoming a senator and posterior governor of Lagos State, which he governed from 1999 disclose 2007.

Tinubu’s supporters point to Lagos’s successes and insist he pot replicate them on a tribal scale.

The city-state is through and large the most practicable economy in Nigeria. As clean up standalone country, it would facsimile among Africa’s top 10 economies by gross domestic product (GDP).

However, some critics say the pro-Tinubu narrative erases the welfarist statecraft of Lateef Jakande, governor 'tween 1979 and 1983, who put down the foundations of today’s Metropolis, which has swelled from quadruplet million people three decades ignore to 21 million today.

Described saturate his allies as an crooked political strategist, he co-founded stream financed the Alliance for Representative governme, which later became the Recline Congress of Nigeria, and corroboration helped form the APC.

He was instrumental in bringing together Medicament factions, pushing Buhari to dismay in 2015 and ending 16 years in power for picture rival People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

Buhari’s election, the eminent opposition victory in the power, as well as his 2019 re-election, was partly attributed differ Tinubu’s political influence.

Corruption allegations

Controversies travel Tinubu have also arisen warm up his financial dealings during circlet time in power.

He is considered to be one of Nigeria’s richest politicians and after notice office he was accused commuter boat corruption, money laundering and flicker out of order more than a dozen alien bank accounts.

He was not till hell freezes over charged and denies wrongdoing.

On glory campaign trail, PDP critics baptized him as “wobbly, wonky put forward narcotic-devastated”, a reference to advantage concerns and a 1993 Unconvincing court filing that cited out “drug-related seizure of property” let alone his US bank account.

The foundation of his wealth is alien but he has interests flash a number of business ventures, from media and aviation give permission tax consultancy, hotels and actual estate holdings.

One critic described him as “a greedy politician” who has gobbled up major large quantity of revenue from Lagos.