Oluremi attributed the generosity of Tinubu as the reason behind his popularity and not money.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Bola Tinubu’s wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Thursday, said she begged the wife of her husband’s running mate, Hajia Nana Shettima, for N2 million.
Tinubu is running for the Presidency of Nigeria on the platform of the All Progressives Congress and has a former governor of Borno State, Senator Kashim Shettima, as running mate.
Countering the belief of many who felt the family was wealthy and that her husband was popular because of money, Oluremi said at a town hall meeting with People Living with Disabilities in Abuja that this was not true.
“When they say he has the money of the world, I just wonder. Mrs Shettima knows that I begged her just to give me N2m yesterday,” she said.
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Oluremi attributed the generosity of Tinubu as the reason behind his popularity and not money.
She said, “Asiwaju’s secret is not about money, contrary to what people think, he is a very compassionate man and very generous. There is nothing he can’t give.
“I remember after he finished as governor, we used to have this staff at home; if you needed anything, he would say ‘Go and meet so and so’. That is who he is.
“The people you see in rallies are not after money. They believe someone can give them hope in these trying times.”