Nigerian career politician and statesman, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu aka BAT, has recently become the sensation of the moment after achieving a monumental victory in the just concluded 2023 general election in Nigeria which qualifies him to be instated as the 16th president of the federal republic of Nigeria on May 29.
Following the 2023 presidential election which held on Saturday, February 25, Tinubu was declared winner of the keenly contested poll and president-elect of the federal republic of Nigeria by the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Comission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakub, having secured the majority of total votes cast and having won in 12 states of the federation which satisfy the provision of the Nigerian law which states that the president elect must have the highest number of the total vote cast and win at least 25 percent of the 36 states of the federation plus the federal capital territory, Abuja.
Tinubu’s landslide victory over his contenders, former vice President, Atiku Abubakar, former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi Gregory, Rabiu Kwankwanso of Kano State and fifteen other contestants for the office of the president of the federation purportedly fulfilled his long-term ambition and sealed his reputation as an influential politician and master strategist in the country.
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Beyond his political sagacity and track records in state affairs, BAT’s persona has been subjected to astrological and semiotic interpretations. BAT often wears his caps engraved with a sign of a horizontally positioned figure eight, and there have been several conspiracy theories about what this sign represents. Some believe the logo of BAT’s cap is associated to the symbol of the Ouroboros cult, a serpent eating its own tail, which is generally interpreted as the cycle of life, death and rebirth.
However, Tinubu’s personal account of the inspiration behind the symbol of his cap suggested otherwise. According to the Nigerian statesman and former Governor of Lagos state, the logo of his cap represents his political ideology which entails freedom and prosperity. He said the symbol characterizes a broken chain which can be interpreted as breaking free from the shackles of poverty. Interestingly, Tinubu’s slogan for the 2023 presidential campaign, ‘’Renewed Hope’’ is not at variance with his political ideology.
Furthermore, recent revelations from the just concluded 2023 presidential election perhaps inspired a new possible meaning of the insignia of BAT’s cap. This new meaning presupposes the enigma of destiny rather than an affiliation to a cult.
In numeric interpretation, the figure-eight-like symbol of BAT’s cap probably preordains Tinubu’s numbers (8.8million votes approximately) which gave him his victory at the just concluded presidential poll.
If this is just a comical coincidence, it is not a postulation that astrologers would likely take for granted. Astrology is the ancient study of signs, symbols and numbers to cosmically understand events.