Remi Tinubu, wife of All Progressives Congress chieftain, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has stated that she didn’t call educationist, Arinola Oloko, a thug at the venue of a public hearing on constitutional review on Wednesday.
The lawmaker stated that she asked Oloko if she was a thug and not that she called her a thug.
The Senator representing Lagos Central made this known on Friday while featuring on TVC breakfast show, ‘Your View’.
Tinubu led the Senate Committee on Review of the 1999 Constitution in the South-West.
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However, there was a ruckus when Oloko was denied entry into the venue of the hearing. The 51-year-old woman, who protested her exclusion from the venue, was subsequently flayed by Mrs. Tinubu for being “rude”.
Speaking about the incident on Friday, the former First Lady of Lagos State said, “It was the noise I heard and as somebody concerned, I went there, that they will be a bit respectful when they see that they put my name as chair and I came out to see them.
“At least, we will be able to talk and dialogue. I didn’t know that it will turn into a noisy field and people will start screaming.
“I looked at them and I saw a woman. I will tell you, most of the works I’ve done have been supported by women. I understand women more than men despite the men I work with and even the men I work with, I respect them when I have to respect them but in this particular incident, I looked at the man, he was angry, possibly he could have waited for a long time. I didn’t know who registered, I wasn’t on the registration desk but I looked at the woman screaming and I said I can talk to a woman.
“I said, let me talk to you outside where everybody is, I’ve had COVID and I don’t think I want to be in a cramped place to want to be speaking. And I said, let’s go outside so that I can hear you and hear your complaint.”
via: Information Nigeria
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