Nigeria: Origins of Tinubu’s Kabiyesi Presidency

Emperor. Kabiyesi. Alberto Fujimori. Isolationist president. No Nigerian leader has laid so much store on their own credentials as a democrat than President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Yet, just two years into his presidency, Tinubu has been variously described by the opening unflattering terms by people whose own politics are as distant from one another as Sule Lamido, Femi Falana, Usman Bugaje, and Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, respectively.

All four men wear their politics on their faces, of course, but you would…