Leader of the All Progressives Party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said that he did not want his wife, Remi, to be a candidate for the senatorial election the third time.
Remi is contesting on the platform of the APC.
According to him, he wanted her back home but some leaders of the party in Lagos upturned his decision.
He made the clarification to show that he does not impose candidates on the party.
At a recent rally in Lagos, 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 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.”
