In a column for Premium Times, Adeola Akinremi examines the growing weight of billionaire businessmen in Nigerian politics. His opening question is blunt: how much do Nigerians actually know about the money that shapes candidates and elections. He concedes that wealthy people will always command more resources than ordinary citizens and treats that as a simple fact of life. His worry begins where private fortunes enter the political arena without any obligation to explain themselves. When campaign war chests are bankrolled by a handful of moguls, the public should be able to see whose interests get served, he argues. The 'scary future' in his title follows from that: policy bent around donor preferences rather than voter needs. What the column demands, at its core, is transparency strong enough to force political money into the open.