Oluremi Tinubu, the senator representing Lagos central at the national assembly, has revealed her reason for ignoring the handshake gesture of Bukola Saraki, senate president, during the inauguration of the eighth national assembly.
Speaking in
an interview with The Nation, Tinubu said she had already explained to
Saraki, her reasons for snubbing him.
“I had a private meeting
with him for less than an hour. And I had the opportunity to tell him why I
didn’t shake his hand after my inauguration as a senator,” she said.
“I told him the reason. I
said you deprived us from having a swearing-in ceremony. I said that was why I
was angry. I said I was angry and that was it. And I have talked to him
afterwards. That was the first time I would sit with him in a meeting. I have
never had the opportunity.”
She also said she
was “overwhelmed” by the extent of support she received from Nigerian
women following the controversial episode with her colleague, Dino Melaye,
during an executive session of the senate.
Subsequent to the
much-publicised confrontation, where Melaye allegedly tried to assault Tinubu
for calling him a “thug”, women groups carried out protests in Lagos and
Abuja. Tinubu said that if she didn’t serve very well in Lagos, women
would not have risen up.
“They have seen me help
many,” she said.
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