What I regard as Tinubu’s political crime organisation is creating a situation in which its total disregard for the law, abuse of power and open attacks on the rights of Nigerians are leaving the people increasingly determined to defend their country through every lawful and constitutional means available.
Let me warn Bola Tinubu plainly: if he returns from Paris and attempts to steal another four years through backdoor arrangements, electoral manipulation and institutional intimidation, he may never enjoy Paris again—not because anybody should harm him, but because a properly restored system of justice must investigate him, prosecute any proven crimes and put him and his enablers behind bars after due process.
What I find difficult to understand is how a man who fled Jos after barely ten minutes, avoided the United Nations, and appears terrified of confronting Nigerians directly believes he can overpower more than 230 million increasingly angry people.
Is he getting high on his own supply? Is he drunk on power? Or has Wike—another man intoxicated by his own noise—convinced him that money, threats and political thuggery can defeat an entire nation?
Wike is doing Tinubu no favours. He is making an already explosive situation worse, and I predict that his arrogance will end very badly for his political career. A man cannot continue poking millions of suffering people in the eye and assume there will never be consequences at the ballot box or in a court of law.
When the leader of a country becomes the butt of jokes online, in bars and even among schoolchildren; when his speeches, record, identity and qualifications are openly ridiculed; and when the public no longer respects or believes him, he must understand that the situation will only get worse.
Tinubu should study the fate of Nicolae Ceaușescu—not as an invitation to violence, which I reject, but as a warning about what happens when a ruler becomes trapped inside his own propaganda, surrounded by praise singers and completely detached from the anger of his people.
Nigeria must resolve this crisis peacefully, constitutionally and democratically. But peaceful resolution requires Tinubu and Wike to obey the law, respect the electorate and abandon any attempt to impose themselves upon the country.
Tinubu loves Paris. Macron welcomes him. His friend Chagoury lives there. If Paris is where he feels safest, perhaps he should remain there. But if he returns believing that he can force himself upon Nigeria for another four years, then it must be the end of the road for the so-called Jagaban—through the ballot box, the courts and the lawful judgment of the Nigerian people.
Nigeria is not Tinubu’s private estate. Rivers State is not Wike’s personal kingdom. Public office is not a criminal inheritance.
**The people have suffered enough. The law must prevail.**
