How Bola Tinubu saved Nigeria and made heaven

An Abuja-based discreet Think Thank invited me to the Nigerian capital for a strategic meeting. The goal is to develop a plan to rescue the South-East of Nigeria, irrespective of what is happening in other parts of the country. The group thinks there is room to build a progressive region around the incoming governor of Anambra State, Charles Soludo, and hopeful candidates in Imo and Abia States, Emeka Ihedioha and Enyinnaya Abaribe, respectively.

I flew in and lodged at Transcorp Hilton Hotel. It was a two-day stay, so I did not alert friends in Abuja, else I would be distracted.

On the evening of our first meeting, as I was making my way to the elevator for an onward ride to the sixth-floor meeting room, I noticed media members rushing somewhere with their cameras and microphones out in the open, naked as we say in media jargon.

“What is going on?” I asked one of them.

“There is breaking news,” he said and zoomed off.

“What is breaking?” I asked another who rushed by.

“Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is making a big announcement,” that one said and again, zoomed off.

I looked at my wristwatch; I still had ten minutes to spare. So, the reporter in me took over. I followed the reporters down the hall to see what was going on…