There's ambition, and then there's what President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is doing right now. In the cutthroat game of naija politics, the man doesn't just want to win elections—he wants to own the entire political landscape. He wants every governor. He wants every opposition titan. He wants complete and total control of Nigerian politics.

And the scary part? He might actually be succeeding.

Let's call it what it is: political greed. An insatiable hunger for power that goes beyond normal political calculations. Tinubu isn't satisfied with having 30 governors. He's not content with controlling the National Assembly. He's not pleased with having the machinery of incumbency at his disposal.

No, he wants more. He wants it all.

And he's willing to use anyone and any method to get it.

Take Ayo Fayose, for example. The former Ekiti Governor who's now clearly on Tinubu's payroll—politically speaking, of course. When Fayose came out telling ADC to field Peter Obi instead of Atiku, many people thought he was just giving his personal opinion as a former PDP member.

But let's be honest: nobody says anything in Nigerian politics without calculation, especially not someone like Fayose.

Tinubu was stylishly using Fayose to sow discord in ADC. The strategy was brilliant in its simplicity: get one of Atiku's former party men to publicly humiliate him and campaign for his rival to get the ticket. Create division. Plant seeds of doubt. Make ADC fight amongst themselves before the primaries even happen.

It's classic divide-and-conquer, and Tinubu deployed Fayose as the weapon.

Then there's the Wike situation, which is even more diabolical.

Tinubu is actively using Wike to destroy PDP from the inside. Think about it: Wike is technically expelled from PDP, but everyone knows he still has massive influence within the party. He's like a cancer that's been cut out but left behind metastatic cells that continue to spread and cause damage.

Wike's entire mission—whether he admits it or not—is to ensure PDP remains weak, fractured, and incapable of mounting a serious challenge in 2027. And he's doing this with Tinubu's full blessing and support.

Why else would Tinubu publicly praise Wike so effusively? Why else would he give Wike such a free hand to operate? It's because Wike is doing Tinubu's dirty work: keeping PDP in chaos while Tinubu consolidates APC's dominance.

But if you think that's where Tinubu's ambition ends, you're not paying attention.

After meeting with Governor Abba Yusuf yesterday—a meeting that's clearly about flipping him from NNPP to APC—Tinubu is now planning to meet with Rabiu Kwankwaso himself.

Yes, the same Kwankwaso who has been weighing his options. The same Kwankwaso who controls Kano politics. The same Kwankwaso who could deliver over a million votes in 2027.

Tinubu wants him. Badly.

The strategy is transparent: first, destabilize Kwankwaso by courting his governor. Then, once Abba Yusuf defects (or appears ready to defect), approach Kwankwaso directly with an offer he might find hard to refuse.

"Join us," Tinubu is essentially saying. "Your governor is already coming over. Your party structure in Kano is about to collapse. You can either join the winning team now on favorable terms, or you can watch your political relevance disappear. Choose wisely."

It's political extortion masquerading as an invitation. And it might work.

But here's where Tinubu's greed creates a massive problem that he hasn't fully thought through—or maybe he has and just doesn't care. This is where the complexities of naija politics become truly fascinating and dangerous at the same time.

The current National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, was once the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) presidential candidate. That wasn't just a ceremonial thing. Ribadu has serious political ambitions. He has always seen himself as presidential material.

And given that Tinubu is a Southwesterner who will (presumably) serve two terms ending in 2031, power is expected to return to the North. Ribadu, being a Northerner with impeccable credentials, extensive government experience, and close proximity to Tinubu, sees himself as the natural successor in 2031.

He's been positioning for it. He's been loyal to Tinubu precisely because he expects that loyalty to be rewarded with Tinubu's support for his presidential bid in 2031.

Now, what happens if Kwankwaso joins APC today?

You suddenly have two Northern APC heavyweights with presidential ambitions eyeing 2031: Nuhu Ribadu and Rabiu Kwankwaso.

Will Kwankwaso contend with Ribadu for the ticket, or will he be expected to forfeit his lifelong presidential ambition just to join APC?

And here's the even bigger question: What did Tinubu promise Kwankwaso to get him to join? Because Kwankwaso is not going to abandon his presidential dreams and his party just for a ministerial position or some vague promises of "we'll take care of you."

If Tinubu promised Kwankwaso anything related to 2031, then Ribadu has a serious problem. And if Tinubu didn't promise anything concrete, then Kwankwaso has no real incentive to join.

This is the fundamental problem with Tinubu's greedy approach to politics: eventually, you run out of things to promise. You can't make everyone President. You can't give every political heavyweight a guaranteed path to the top. At some point, the math stops working.

Tinubu is collecting political titans like Pokémon cards—"Gotta catch 'em all"—without fully considering what happens when all these titans start demanding their promised rewards.

What happens when Wike demands the 2031 VP slot (which many believe is his plan)? What happens when Ribadu demands Tinubu's support for his 2031 presidential bid? What happens when Kwankwaso (if he joins) also demands consideration for 2031? What happens when all these governors who defected start demanding federal appointments and resources?

There aren't enough positions to go around. There aren't enough promises that can be kept. And when these political heavyweights realize they've been played, that Tinubu's promises were just tools to neutralize them, the blowback will be spectacular.

But for now, Tinubu doesn't seem to care about 2031's problems. He's focused on 2027. And his strategy is simple: neutralize all opposition by absorbing everyone into APC.

Can't beat them in elections? Buy them. Can't control them from the outside? Bring them inside where you can manage them. Can't silence them as opponents? Make them your party members so they have to support you.

It's cynical, it's ruthless, and unfortunately, it's effective. This has always been how naija politics works at the highest level—accumulate power by any means necessary, and worry about the consequences later.

If Kwankwaso joins APC, the opposition is essentially dead. ADC would lose one of its biggest potential draws. The Northern vote would be even more firmly in APC's hands. And Tinubu's reelection in 2027 becomes almost inevitable.

But at what cost?

Tinubu's greed for total political dominance might win him 2027, but it's setting up an explosive situation for 2031. He's making promises he can't keep to people who won't forget. He's collecting powerful allies who will eventually become powerful rivals when they realize they were just pawns in his game.

The question is whether Tinubu cares about the chaos he's creating for his successor, or whether his mentality is simply "After me, let it burn."

Will Kwankwaso really meet with Tinubu and potentially join APC? If he does, will he demand guarantees about 2031 that put him in direct conflict with Ribadu? Can Tinubu keep juggling all these ambitious politicians without eventually dropping one and causing everything to fall apart?

And most importantly, is Tinubu's greed for complete political control going to save Nigerian democracy or destroy it?

These are the questions that should worry every Nigerian, regardless of party affiliation. Because a political landscape where one man controls everything, where opposition is systematically bought off or neutralized, where dissent is eliminated not through ideas but through cooptation, is a dangerous landscape.

Tinubu wants all the governors. He wants all the opposition titans. He wants complete and total dominance. And right now, he's getting it.

But power concentrated in one place doesn't stay stable forever. Eventually, it either disperses or it explodes. And when Tinubu's carefully constructed empire starts showing cracks—and it will—the explosion might be bigger than anyone expects.

The tragedy is that in the messy, transactional world of naija politics, Tinubu's approach isn't even unusual—it's just more ambitious and more successful than most. Every political godfather dreams of this level of control. Tinubu is just actually achieving it. And that should terrify anyone who cares about democratic competition and political accountability.

What do you think? Is Tinubu's strategy brilliant political maneuvering, or is it dangerous greed that will eventually backfire? Should Kwankwaso join APC, or should he resist and maintain opposition? And what happens to Ribadu's 2031 ambitions if Kwankwaso comes aboard? Drop your thoughts in the comments section!