National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has revealed how his wife, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, got the party’s ticket for a third term bid despite his opposition to the idea.
Addressing party leaders and members at a stakeholders’ meeting held at Police College, Play-Ground, Ikeja in Lagos before the postponement of the general election, Tinubu said he did not want his wife to return to the senate for a third term but some influential members of the Lagos APC Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) upturned his decision.
He disclosed that contrary to beliefs that he imposes candidates in Lagos, many of his decisions are influenced by other party leaders.
Tinubu said, “Let me tell the story of how Bayo Osinowo, APC Senatorial candidate for Lagos East emerged (displacing incumbent Senator Gbenga Ashafa). I was still thinking on the way to go for the primaries.
“I told them, we will not follow the third term syndrome. No candidate will go for a third term which also affected my wife Remi. I did not want her to go for a third term. But Prince Tajudeen Olusi, leader of the GAC and some members led the coup against that decision. I told them I wanted my wife back at home but they insisted that I must listen to them. And after much argument, I conceded and said I will obey you. That was how Remi got the APC third term ticket.
“Now coming to the East, (where Ashafa was also bidding to go for the third term and eventually lost out to Osinowo) I was contemplating on who could be our candidate when Kaoli Olusanya led leaders from Ikorodu to my house saying they have resolved to send Bayo Osinowo to the Senate for the East Senatorial District and that was it.”
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