By Ugo Egbujo
Tinubu is now a political institution.
He will always be in the mix.
He is not Yahaya bello or El rufai or Wike.
He is something these fellows are yet to be
Something they might never be
He has the clout of Atiku
But with the progressive credentials, call it credibility,
Of Abubakar Rimi, Sam Mbakwe and Jakande.
He is not as acsetic Balarabe Musa or Tunji Braithwaite
He has the wheeling and dealing capacity
Of K O Mbadiwe, Kingibe and
Above all other politicians, perhaps an inch below Awolowo,
He has raised men.
And his men reveal his foresightedness.
Tinubu is an enormous institution.
He has a bit of the ruthlessness of Adedibu.
Whether he picks the APC ticket or not
He will be in the mix.
No man is indispensable
But let the whirlwind not push down the Iroko
Tinubu will be more dangerous sitting as a spectator or playing against his party.
While the youths march slowly and diffidently from Endsarism to reapolitik
The opposition needs another Tinubu.
When you become that large
You can’t lose.