Between 1999 to 2007, the star governors in Nigeria then were Gov. Donald Duke of Cross River State, Gov. Chimaroke Nnamani of Enugu State and the Minister of F.C.T Mallam Nasir El Rufai.

Lagos State was never celebrated for good governance until Babatunde Fashola became the governor in 2007. I remember clearly the fight Gov. Bola Tinubu had with President Obasanjo about Local Government creation. That was the major reason Lagos State was on the news then. Apart for obvious reasons as Nigeria’s economic capital, there was nothing spectacular in Lagos governance then apart from the crime, filths, dirts and thuggery that littered the former pride of the nation.

There was nothing exciting about Gov. Tinubu’s leadership except his meticulous politics. He was a last man standing of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) governors of the Southwest region then.

We still remember and is on records how Tinubu was changing his deputy governors like sidechicks. There was one Bucknor then and another Femi Pedro, they all fell out with Gov. Tinubu.

We remember clearly how Tinubu almost never wanted Gov. Fashola to complete his term but Fashola being a system man, managed to, unlike Ambode who, although being a very good leader didn’t know how to manage power.

Tinubu, typical of most governors in his sets; 1999-2007, was mediocre like Lucky Igbinedion of Edo, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha of Bayelsa and Dariye of Plateau etc. It is surprisingly unfortunate how some of his supporters want to re-write his history before our eyes.

How would someone attribute the Lagos success story to Tinubu, it is very sad to read that sometimes. Lagos State was already Lagos before Tinubu was born. You can go and verify this.

Can any Nigerian point at a mega project attributed to former Gov. Bola Tinubu of Lagos State? I mean one single project he started and completed like the Tinapa of Calabar or the 10 lanes road constructed by Peter Obi’s government 10 years ago still standing or the Akpabio’s miracle of Akwa-Ibom or the Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge by Fashola or Wike’s flyovers, or the massive urban renewal projects Kwankwaso did in Kano, El Rufai has done in Kaduna and that Zulum is doing in Borno?

You can’t point at any. You can only say he built men. How? As per their father? or by using undemocratic means to install stooges, who by their conscience chose to be men as expected.

As a politician, Tinubu is astute but as a leader, he shouldn't come near to power.

Wake up and shine your eyes.