Set to become Nigeria's fifth president, Bola Tinubu’s governance will be tested as he will attempt to tackle multiple crises faced by the African country
It has been quite an eventful journey for Bola Tinubu, turning 71 later this month, who is known to hold much sway and influence in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country.
Prior to becoming governor, he was a senator from 1991 to 1993, before the military suspended the National Assembly and all democratic structures. Critics say he awards lucrative contracts and plum jobs to loyalists and has in the past turned to so-called area boys, who informally control the streets of Lagos and attend his rallies en masse, to intimidate opponents if he does not get his way. A biography on his campaign website says Tinubu was born in Lagos in 1952, to a Muslim family from the Yoruba ethnic group, the majority in southwest Nigeria. Others say he is much older.
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