Tinubu: How Lagos Elders Plotted My Wife’s Senate Third Term

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC and defacto leader of the party in Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that his wife’s third term bid was forced on him.

Senator (Mrs.) Tinubu who represents Lagos Central Senatorial District is contesting for a record third term in the Senate which would make her the longest serving senator in the history of Lagos.

Her contemporary, Senator Gbenga Ashafa who entered the Senate with Mrs. Tinubu was stopped from contesting for a third term during the party’s primaries.

Explaining the circumstances that paved the way for his wife’s third term bid, Asiwaju Tinubu, said a coup was organised against him by members of the Governor’s Advisory Council, GAC.

Tinubu also known as the Jagaban Borgu, spoke during an address to party faithful before the postponement of last Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly election.

He 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 the third term which also affected my wife Remi. I did not want her to go for the 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 eventual 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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