Lagos State Governor, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, has responded to media studies alleging a discord between him and President Bola Tinubu.
Sanwo-Olu denied any discord between himself and Tinubu in an interview with NTA on Sunday, as monitored by Nairametrics.
His response got here just some hours after he and members of the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) reportedly met with President Bola Tinubu at his residence in Ikoyi, Lagos.
On Could 31, 2025, a number of media shops reported that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu snubbed Babajide Sanwo-Olu on the commissioning of the Lagos-Calabar freeway.
The 30-kilometre stretch of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Freeway was a significant occasion for the president, who was accompanied by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, Finance Minister Wale Edun, and second-term governors, together with Hope Uzodimma (Imo), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), and Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), amongst others.
In a number of movies, the president was seen exchanging pleasantries (handshakes) with dignitaries seated within the entrance row alongside Sanwo-Olu.
Nevertheless, upon reaching the governor, the president was seen shifting previous him with out shaking his hand, continuing to greet the subsequent dignitary seated reverse Sanwo-Olu.
Days later, the president commissioned the Lekki Deep Sea Port Entry Street on the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Plant in Lagos.
In line with an announcement from the presidency, “The governors of Plateau, Abia, Enugu, Ogun, Borno, and Kaduna states attended the ceremony.”
The media additionally highlighted Sanwo-Olu’s absence from this occasion held in his state.
“Did you see any discord? Did you see any? Can’t you see I’m smiling? There’s none.
“You realize, there are individuals who consider they’re extra Catholic than the Pope.
“There are stuff you see folks do; they cry greater than the bereaved,” he stated.
“You realize, father and son are issues we at all times, at all times guarantee we’re clear. There’s nothing in any respect.
“He’s my father, he’s my chief, and we’re grateful that he gave us the viewers as we speak to come back in and say hey to him,” he added.
Whereas the governor appeared smiling within the video, numerous critics and analysts declare that Sanwo-Olu’s relationship with Tinubu has not been good in latest instances.
