The Cold War between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu abd his godson Governor of Lagos state,Babajide Sanwoolu seems to be over as the former declared his acceptance of the later’s plead for mercy Sunday.
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Members of the GAC after the reconciliation meeting
President Tinubu told the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, he was no longer angry with him and that “all his sins” had been forgiven.
This development came about after the president met with members of the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), who came to plead on behalf of the governor, and others who might have erred in the sight of the president.
Chairman of the GAC, Alhaji Tajudeen Olusi, who welcomed the president to Lagos, said it was obvious he was unhappy with some persons in the state, especially the governor, and, therefore pleaded for mercy.
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Responding, the president, according to multiple sources, said, “It’s all over now. All is forgiven,” assuring everyone in the room that he was no longer angry with anyone, let alone Sanwo-Olu.
It was at this point that Sanwo-Olu and other members of the GAC prostrated to the president in apparent remorse and appeasement.
One of the sources said that the meeting didn’t entertain a situation where the President or the governor had to start explaining what happened between them.
They just pleaded for outright mercy on behalf of the governor, and the president granted it.
It will be recalled that the height of the cold War reached its climax last week during the commission of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway when the governor was reportedly ignored by the President.
The genesis of the crisis it was gathered emanated from Sanwo olus surreptitious financial support for former vice President Atiku Abubakar through his cronie during 2023 presidential election.
This exposure led to the mutual distrust as the governors action bordered on betrayal of his godfather who ‘installed’ him into office in 2019.
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