Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is one of the most popular politicians in Nigeria, the APC National leader and Chief Strategist made some shocking revelation about his life recently.
Hear him: “I would have been a musician. During the Ramadan festival, it was common to do Were. It is what we looked forward to. I always took part in it. I followed them around and I enjoyed it even though before 4pm, you must be home. If you were locked out, you were in real trouble. The late Fuji musician, Barrister was our captain. His late mother and my mum were very close and he would use that reason to always take me out until one day, my mother told me, “by 8 o’clock, I must see you in this house”. But I would still sneak out and follow the Were music group. But thank God almighty, all those things are history that we had that and I was able to become what I am today. It was through their discipline and guidance. I can recall the day I left this country for the United States of America and I decided that it was enough walking around. There was an event, I think it was the 50th birthday of Pa Awolowo or Mama H.I.D Awolowo (she was very close to my mum). There were very close friends and they worked together as politicians. There was no corner in Oke Ado, Awolowo’s house that I did not know as a toddler. We visited Ikenne and Tai Solari had a cold-room at MayFlower School and we were asked to go there and pick the drinks reserved for the reception after church hour. Kids, we finished that on time because we wanted to watch what was happening in the church. We were standing across the streets when we heard gunshots; I was extremely lucky that my late sister was coming out of the church across the street. I just moved underneath the tree to stop her vehicle from crossing and a girl standing beside me, Ganiyu Dowodu’s sister was killed.
– Culled from Saturday SUN