June 12: Protagonist to President
June 12: Protagonist to President President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was one of the paladins of the June 12 struggle that eventually ousted the military and birthed ‘democracy’ in Nigeria. He has patently paid his dues, and only those who have been inordinately influenced by politically-induced amnesia would not acknowledge this fact. President Tinubu is probably the most prepared democratically-elected president since 1999. When Retired Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo was ‘selected’ by the military junta, he became the ultimate beneficiary, albeit compensatory, of a struggle (June 12) he was not a participator. Umaru Musa Yar’Adua was reported to have other plans before being ‘selected’ by Obasanjo to be president in 2007. Following the demise of Yar’Adua in 2010, the vice-president Goodluck Jonathan emerged president. Muhammadu Buhari had failed in his quest to be president thrice, and had given up on his ambition, until he was convinced to contest again in 2015 and became president. However, the