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Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was sworn in as the 16th President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Monday May 29 2023.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Tinubu was sworn in as president at the Eagle Square, Abuja.
Here are 10 facts about Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
- With the swearing in, Tinubu becomes the 16th president of Nigeria, and 5th president in the fourth Nigerian Republic
- Tinubu defeated candidates of Labour Party, Peter Obi and People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar to become president
- Meanwhile, he fled Nigeria into exile in 1994 after General Sani Abacha seized power as Military Head of State. Tinubu returned to the country in 1998 after the death of the military dictator
- Tinubu’s political career began in 1991, when he joined the Social Democratic Party.
- The newly sworn in president was Governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007
- In 1992, he was elected to the Senate, representing the Lagos West constituency in the short-lived Nigerian Third Republic.
- Tinubu has drug dealing allegations and allegations of corruption hanging around his neck.
- In March 2009, there were reports that a plot had been identified to kill Tinubu. The Alliance for Democracy then called on the Inspector General of Police, Mike Okiro, to conduct a thorough investigation.
- During the 2019 election, a bullion van was seen entering Tinubu’s residence on Bourdillion Road in Ikoyi, which he explained: “I keep money anywhere I want”.
- Tinubu, widely perceived as the Godfather of Lagos, is a Muslim. His Vice is a Muslim.