TINUBU IS NOT YOUR PROBLEM — YOUR POLITICS IS

By Dahiru Yusuf Yabo

If I should barrow a leaf from Prof Farooq Kperogi deposition. The hypocrisy in today’s opposition politics is no longer subtle; it is loud, shameless, and dangerously revealing. Those who scream daily against the policies of Bola Ahmed Tinubu are the very same people who, in the next breath, confess—through their actions—that they can endure those same policies until 2031.

Let us be honest: this is no longer about governance, hardship, or national direction. It is about ego, ownership, and blind allegiance.

A segment of the opposition has degenerated into a cult of personalities—where logic is suspended, facts are optional, and loyalty is measured not by national interest but by emotional attachment to individuals. These are not patriots. These are political absolutists—apologists in public, but in truth, psychologically invested actors who would rather see the nation bleed than watch a rival rise.

The aftermath of recent Supreme Court entanglements—where procedural victories mask substantive uncertainty, and trial courts are pushed back to the starting line—has only exposed the fragility of these alliances. The noise in public contrasts sharply with the silence in private rooms, where consultations, negotiations, and quiet defections are already underway.

Let’s not pretend.

Some who posture as moral voices today are already testing the waters for defection. Others have crossed over entirely. The so-called resistance is thinning—not because Tinubu has suddenly become acceptable, but because the foundation of that resistance was never principle-driven to begin with.

It was convenience. It was grievance. It was identity. Now the mask is off.

If you can tolerate what you call “bad governance” for eight years simply to deny another opposition figure the opportunity to lead, then your quarrel was never about policy. It was about possession—who occupies power, not how power is exercised.

That is a dangerous place for any democracy.

Because when citizens abandon standards and embrace selective outrage, they become enablers of the very system they claim to oppose.

So let us call it what it is:

Not resistance. Not ideology. Not reform.

But a crisis of political sincerity.

And until that is confronted, no amount of coalition, litigation, or defection will rescue the opposition from itself.