Tinubu’s Wife Shuns Saraki’s Handshake As Pro-Lawan Senators Are Sworn in
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Posted On Jun 10, 2015
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There was a mild drama in the chamber of the Senate on Tuesday as Senators who stayed away from Tuesday’s inauguration of the national assembly were sworn in by the new senate president, Bukola Saraki.
Shortly after performing the swearing-in of the remaining senators, Senate President Bukola Saraki moved to shake hands with all the senators.
But while every other senators shook hands with Saraki, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, who is the the wife of a national Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Akhmed Tinubu, refused to shake hands with Saraki.
Senator Tinubu left the hand Saraki hanging and muttering some words to the senate president in a low tone.
Saraki had on Tuesday outwitted Tinubu-backed candidate, Ahmad Lawan, in the race for the nation’s No. 3 position.
Senators Ahmed Lawan, who was the preferred APC candidate, and George Akume, who was the preferred deputy, were among those that were sworn in on Wednesday morning.
APC senators Abdullahi Adamu (Nasarawa) Bukar Abba Ibrahim (Yobe), Gbenga Ashafa (Lagos), Olusola Adeyeye (Osun), Isiaka Adeleke (Osun), and Shehu Sani (Kaduna).
They were all absent at the inauguration as the ruling party had called for an emergency meeting simultaneously and could not be sworn in as required by law before they could take their seats in the red chamber.
The senate thereafter went into a closed-session at 10:58 am. APC had, in a press statement on Tuesday evening, instructed the absentee senators to report for the traditional swearing-in.
