By Bakare Majeed

Mr Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima, were inaugurated as president and vice president yesterday

After he joined the Peoples Front, a political movement headed by Shehu Yar’adua, a retired general and former chief of staff, Supreme Headquarters, in 1992, the President-elect, Bola Tinubu , spent the next two years working for two men — Mr Yar’adua and Moshood Abiola — to become Nigeria’s president. But the two never made it.

Mr Tinubu himself was not considered by many as a likely future president, until he informed Nigerians in January 2022 that becoming a president had been his lifetime ambition.

Today, Mr Tinubu will become one of the 16 Nigerians privileged to occupy the nation’s highest political office since its independence in 1960, and also its seventh civilian to do so.

Although Mr Tinubu, holder of Asiwaju and Jagaban traditional titles n Lagos and Borgu respectively, is one of the most popular names in Nigeria today, the man himself remains a mystery to many. His age, education and family background have over time become contentious and outrightly controversial.

Early years 

Mr Tinubu stated in official records that he was born on 29 March 1952. His mother, Abibatu Mogaji, was a renowned trader in Lagos State, who held the title of Iyaloja General of Nigeria until her death at the age of 94.

This date of birth is also controversial. His transcript from Chicago State University has 1954 as his year of birth. In August 1999, this discrepancy was a subject of a probe by the Lagos State House of Assembly following a petition filed by the duo of Jameed Seriki and Waliu Balogun-Smith. The petition raised the discrepancy of date of birth on the academic transcript and the age filled in his INEC form.

Aside from the controversy of parentage and place of birth, there is a historical void between 1952 and 1977 that is yet to be filled by Mr Tinubu and sources close to him. In the absence of reliable sources, political opponents have filled the void with conspiracy theories and speculations.

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