Folashade Tinubu-Ojo Gets Royal Welcome at Abuja Airport

Folashade Tinubu-Ojo Gets Royal Welcome at Abuja Airport

  • Folashade Tinubu-Ojo got a presidential welcome at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja recently
  • The Iyaoloja of Lagos was received by various APC women and youth leaders in the Federal Capital Territory
  • Tinubu-Ojo is the current market women leader in Lagos state, although some of her loyalists say her influence is felt across the country

FCT, Abuja - Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, the daughter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday, July 5 got a royal welcome at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

Tinubu-Ojo was welcomed to the Nigerian capital by the APC members who thronged the airport to receive her.

Folashade in Abuja
Tinubu-Ojo was received by APC women and youth leaders at the airport. Photo credit: @APCYSFORUM
Source: Twitter

Abdulazeez Abubakar Kaka, APC zonal youth leader, made this known in a tweet he posted with photos of the event.

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He wrote:

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“I alongside Deputy National Women Leader of the APC @ApcDNWL and other stakeholders had the privilege of officially welcoming the Ìyál'ọ́jà of Lagos state, Folashade Tinubu-Ojo at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.”

The APC youth leader, however, didn't state why Tinubu-Ojo was visiting the Federal Capital Territory.

Tinubu-Ojo is the current market women leader in Lagos state, although some of her loyalists say her title covers the whole of Nigeria.

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Most of his followers who responded to the tweet reminded the governor that some Ogun workers were on strike and the roads in the state were in terrible conditions.

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On his part, a former deputy national publicity secretary of the APC, Timi Frank, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to disqualify Tinubu from the 2023 general elections.

In a statement he issued in Abuja on Sunday, June 26, Frank also called on the ruling party to replace Tinubu if it hopes to be on the presidential ballot for 2023.

His demand followed the controversial educational qualification claims by the Lagos state ex-governor as contained in his presidential nomination forms recently published by INEC.

Source: Legit.ng

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Jerrywright Ukwu Jerrywright Ukwu is an Abuja-based senior political/defence correspondent. He is a graduate of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos and the International Institute of Journalism in Abuja. He is also a member of the Nigeria Union of Journalists. He spends his leisure-time reading history books. He can be reached via email at jerrywright39@yahoo.com.