#LongTweet Chimamanda And The Limit Of Political Bigotry By Biodun Ajiboye Since Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was declared president-elect of Nigeria in the 2023 presidential poll held on February 25, we have been dealing with such revolting and mendacious characters in the country’s political space, and by extension, the global arena. The results of the election declared by the country’s electoral umpire indicated a resounding victory for Tinubu and a 'death knell' to the political ambition of other presidential hopefuls. Unable to swallow the bitter pills of reality, opposition elements, especially those who go by the name ‘Obidients’ have set the country on overdrive, fuming with the ferocity of a wounded lion, in their attempt to wield the country back to the era of military dictatorship. Not satisfied with their futile bid to impose an interim government at home, these enemies of the Nigerian State and their collaborators in the diaspora have chosen to stretch democratic tenets and freedom beyond elastic limit. The price for being unpatriotic in this regard must go to literary scholar, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Granted, this US-based Nigerian of the South East extraction is one of the brilliant writers making Nigeria proud in the literary world, but on issues pertaining to Nigerian politics she has shown such habitual indolence that her fans must be literally ashamed of. In her medieval era approach to issues of politics, Chimamanda threw caution to the wind and tried to incite the international community against the incoming Tinubu presidency. Apparently inebriated by the fecundity of her literary skills, she questioned the motives behind the United States and the United Kingdom congratulating Nigeria’s president-elect. In a recent letter to US President Joe Biden titled, “Nigeria’s Hollow Democracy”, she chided Biden for extending congratulatory message to Tinubu. One is compelled to yield to the pressure of responding to Chimamanda's letter to President Biden. In as much as we respect and recognise her literary prowess and success globally, I would insist, if contacted for counseling, that she should rather remain a global figure in what she knows how to do best than to jump into the Nigerian political arena where her knowledge appears to be abysmally low. From the content of her missive to Biden it is clear that she does not have a very positive mindset towards the evolution of democracy in her own country. The cumulative effect of this indiscretion is that she has ridiculed her global status by meddling in an electoral process based on primordial sentiment and political bigotry. In the first instance, Chimamanda, who resides in America, does not have a Permanent Voter Card (PVC). She didn’t even participate in Nigeria’s elections, either as a voter or an observer. So, what are the credentials giving her the quality to challenge the credibility or otherwise of the 2023 presidential poll? Secondly, coming from the same tribe as presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, who she openly supported, does not in any way give credence to the delusion Chimamanda and her ilk are labouring under, that since the Labour Party candidate did not win the election then the process was not credible. Of concern is Chimamada's immature and dangerous index behind her letter inducing and attempting to make the president of the Free World to believe that our democracy is tainted and that the last general election was not free and fair. To say the 2023 general polls in Nigeria is the freest and fairest since the return of democracy in 1999 is to say the least in the mildest way. Recently, one of the foreign observers from America gave genuine reasons why the presidential election went in favour of Asiwaju Tinubu. He said that there are three things that are responsible for electoral victory in Nigeria: “first, you need to have a strong financial muscle; secondly, you need to be on ground, and thirdly, you need