Posted on: 08:50 Tue, 29 Mar 2016



Bola Ahmed Tinubu aka Jagaban
(born 29 March 1952) was elected
Senator for the Lagos West
constituency in Lagos State, Nigeria
in 1993, just before a military take-
over in December 1993.

After the return to democracy, he
was elected governor of Lagos
State, holding office from 29 May
1999 to 29 May 2007.

He is an influential member of the
All Progressives Congress party; he
also holds both the chieftaincy of
the Asiwaju of Lagos and that of the
Jagaban of the Borgu Kingdom in
the Northern Niger State of Nigeria.

He is the National Leader of the All
Progressive Congress (APC) party
with president Gen Muhammadu
Buhari (rtd).