Tinubu: The Man Who Took the Bullet for

Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a Nigerian politician who served as governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007 and later became a key leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress. He is widely regarded as a pivotal figure in Nigeria’s “Fourth Republic,” credited with building the party’s national dominance and influencing the election of President Muhammadu Buhari. Tinubu survived an alleged assassination attempt in the early 1990s, an event that has become part of his political legend and is often referenced in biographies that describe him as “the man who took the bullet” for his cause. Views Nigeria