Saving Nigeria from the increasingly absurd theatrics of Jimoh Ibrahim, by Owei Lakemfa
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu this week featured prominently in the newest theatre of the absurd staged by Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Jimoh Folorunsho Ibrahim. The stage was the Aso Rock…
Jimoh Folorunsho Ibrahim, a businessman and lawyer with interests spanning aviation, oil, hospitality and media, was named Nigeria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, a position that places him at the centre of the country's diplomatic engagement on the global stage. The role carries significant weight in shaping how Nigeria is perceived internationally and in advancing its interests at the UN Security Council and other multilateral forums, making the conduct of whoever occupies it a matter of public concern.
This piece is an opinion column by Owei Lakemfa, a veteran Nigerian journalist and commentator known for his writings on labour, politics and governance, published in both Vanguard and Premium Times. The column follows up on an earlier one in which Lakemfa had criticised Ibrahim's grasp of diplomatic protocol, and it uses a reported episode involving President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and events at Aso Rock as a fresh example of what the writer characterises as Ibrahim's pattern of controversial public conduct. As an opinion piece, its claims and characterisations reflect the author's perspective rather than a straight news report.