- Safiu Kehinde
President Bola Tinubu has declared his cold war with Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, over.
The public had over time suspected a sour relationship between Tinubu and Sanwo-Olu which resurfaced last week with the President’s snub of the governor during the President’s project inauguration.
Tinubu had in a viral video skipped Sanwo-Olu while greeting other governors present at the event in Lagos.
The President had however declared that he had forgiven Sanwo-Olu and was no longer angry with him, saying, “It’s all over now. All is forgiven.”
According to Vanguard, Tinubu’s remark followed a closed-door meeting with members of the Lagos State Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), who had come to plead on behalf of the governor and others perceived to have fallen out of favour with Tinubu.
Speaking during the visitation, the GAC Chairman, Alhaji Tajudeen Olusi, acknowledged that Tinubu had been unhappy with some individuals in the state, particularly the governor, and appealed for forgiveness.
Sources at the meeting confirmed that Tinubu reassured those present that he held no grudges, particularly against Sanwo-Olu.
While the cause of the feud was undisclosed, the governor and several GAC members reportedly.prostrated before the president in a show of remorse and appeasement.
Speaking after the meeting held at the President’s Ikoyi residence on Sunday, Sanwo-Olu dismissed the alleged rift between him and Tinubu stressing that “He’s my father, he’s my leader.”