Sahara Reporters
The Senator representing Lagos Central District at the Nigerian National Assembly, Remi Tinunu, has come under fire after she was seen in a video verbally assaulting a woman by calling her ‘a thug’.
Remi, who is a member of the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC), is had been heavily criticised on social media as hashtags such as ‘thug’, ‘first lady’ and ‘remi tinubu’ sit at the top of the Nigerian trends table on Twitter.
Remi, wife of a former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, is referred to as prospective first lady of Nigeria following the rumours of a presidential ambition Bola Tinubu is nursing.
Despite his denial of having plans to run for the 2023 presidential election, his political activities have proven otherwise.
However, with Remi’s recent condemnable actions as reported by the media, Nigerians have vehemently kicked against endorsing Bola Tinubu for the 2023 presidency.
This is however not the first time the ordained pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God would be involved in a controversy since becoming a Senator in 2011.
She recently tackled her colleague, Smart Adeyemi, who raised pertinent questions about the growing insecurity in the country.
Adeyemi had during a plenary session said that Nigeria was facing the worst instability since the civil war.
“This is the worst instability we are facing. In fact, this is worse than the civil war,” he had said.
But Tinubu interrupting him, had asked, “Are you in PDP (Peoples Democratic Party)? Are you a wolf in sheep’s clothing?”
Below are some of the reactions:
