I was particularly shaken up by a film in which Tinubu briefly veered from his prepared address in Owerri, Imo State, on Thursday and spoke in a language other than Yoruba or English, the only two languages he is fluent in.

Since I didn't think the video was authentic, I looked up TVC News' live Video feed of the occasion. As is well known, Tinubu owns TVC News, therefore there is no incentive for them to portray him negatively.

You can hear Tinubu praising Plateau State Governor Lalong's management of the APC presidential campaign council from 03:29 to 03:49 in TVC News' edited YouTube video of his Owerri speech. We can do wonders if we are open to innovation. Another successful townhall that is distinct from balabloo bloo blu bulaba can be found here.

And what was that? Blue bulaba, balabloo bloo? I know enough Yoruba to recognize that as not being Yoruba.

 Since Tinubu was speaking in Imo, I inquired among Igbo speakers as to whether this was a rough translation of something in the Igbo tongue. 

They described it as nonsense. Or was he use Goemai, which is widely spoken in Shendam, the hometown of Governor Lalong? None at all. Additionally, he was not speaking in English.

This wasn't one of Tinubu's typical rhetorical whirlwinds that were dizzyingly impenetrable. It was clear-cut, unadulterated nonsense.

 What transpired, then? Was he temporarily in a trance? Was this babytalk started in a narcoleptic or stuporous state? Or was it a sign of cognitive decline made public?

Whatever your opinion of Tinubu may be, he is intelligent and used to be articulate until around 2019. 

This makes it important. Early in 2021, his speech problems and cognitive impairment started to show.

 This was initially brought up in my article from April 10, 2021, "Tinubu: A Presidential Disaster Waiting to Happen?"

Anyone who has closely and objectively observed Bola Ahmed Tinubu cannot help but recognize that the man is ill, I wrote. He is a hallucinogenic disaster in walking form. 

His countless verbal gaffes and nonverbal indicators constantly work together to paint a picture of a man who is wrestling with an unsettling internal conflict and is being held captive by disablingly malevolent inner demons.

He seems to like living in his own, constantly distant from our own universe, other reality. He gives the impression of being a man in a daze who is severely intoxicated or under the influence of drugs when he speaks and moves.

He has slurred speech, loses focus, drifts off, uneven gaits (which just led him to trip at Arewa House in Kaduna), and he looks impenetrable and appears unaffected by his surroundings. In my opinion, this is the externalization of inner turmoil.

However, using literal jargon in the middle of a campaign speech is on a completely different level. This represents a low point in mental decline. 

I currently feel both sorry for Tinubu and frightened for Nigeria. I'm not sure what's wrong with him or whether he's just a victim of old age, but the president would just add to his stress and make his situation worse. Nigeria would suffer as a result.

Before winning the presidency, neither Umaru Musa Yar'adua nor Muhammadu Buhari appeared to be this unwell.

Yar'adua passed away while in power, and Buhari is a parody of the man who, beginning in his second year in office, began to neglect his duties as president in order to focus on his health. Such a tragic double whammy is not deserving of a sick nation like Nigeria.

I am aware that certain Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) members are suffering right now as a result of the eight-month pay delay and the fact that they received just "half salary" in October. I don't want to make their pain worse.

In fact, on October 20, I penned "A Plea for the FG to Pay Lecturers," in which I included the following among other things:

"I am aware of many parents who believe that ASUU should be left to deal with the results of its decisions and that lecturers shouldn't be compensated for time spent not teaching because pupils can never make up the time they missed while the union was on strike.

I acknowledge the indignation behind this emotion, but given what I know about the current state of numerous academics, I'd like to implore the Federal Government to act compassionately by paying the lecturers at least some of their eight months' worth of wages.

However, media yesterday stated that the Olabisi Onabanjo University branch of ASUU had threatened to "withhold salary or jeopardize canceled academic programs" if the federal government paid instructors.

"I am aware of many parents who believe that ASUU should be left to deal with the results of its decisions and that lecturers shouldn't be compensated for time spent not teaching because pupils can never make up the time they missed while the union was on strike.

I acknowledge the indignation behind this emotion, but given what I know about the current state of numerous academics, I'd like to implore the federal government to act compassionately by paying the lecturers at least some of their eight months' worth of wages.

However, media yesterday stated that the Olabisi Onabanjo University branch of ASUU had threatened to "withhold salary or jeopardize canceled academic programs" if the federal government paid instructors.

I have referred to this ASUU stance as an example of cowardly brutality to helpless students in a number of initiatives. Because of frustration with the federal government for withholding payment to lecturers for the months they were on strike, some students have decided to cancel classes, refuse to teach, or delay graduation for those who have already finished their studies. 

This behavior betrays both scandalous immorality and a disconcerting lack of imagination.

Government officials who ASUU members disagree with do not have children attending public institutions and will not be harmed in the least by their intended lack of compassion for students. 

Everyone is aware that the majority of students in public universities are the offspring of families who cannot afford either private universities in Nigeria or universities abroad.