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LAGOS, NIGERIA – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared that he is no longer angry with Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
The announcement came on Sunday, June 8, 2025, during a meeting with members of the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC).
According to reports, GAC visited the president specifically to plead on behalf of Governor Sanwo-Olu, seeking reconciliation and forgiveness over unspecified grievances that had strained the relationship.
During the meeting, members of the Governor’s Advisory Council also appealed to President Tinubu to forgive other individuals from the state who may have offended him.
Chairman of the GAC, Alhaji Tajudeen Olusi, acknowledged that President Tinubu had been displeased with certain individuals in Lagos, particularly Governor Sanwo-Olu. Olusi then took a personal step to appeal to the president for mercy.
In response to the plea, Tinubu reassured the group that all grievances had been set aside. “It’s all over now. All is forgiven,” the president said, indicating that he no longer held any resentment toward anyone in the room, including Sanwo-Olu.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu briefs the Press after the Governing Adversory Council (GAC) visited President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) on Sunday, June 8, 2025 – third day of Sallah celebration.
His words, “We all came around to felicitate with him, to pray with him and wish him well and to inform him that lagosians and everyone is happy with him and that we can feel and see the impact of what he has done in the last two years and wish him well that he has our best wishes and support at all times…his intervention for subsidy removal and understanding that Lagos will need addition means of transportation, he supported us.”
Following the president’s declaration of forgiveness, Governor Sanwo-Olu and other GAC members prostrated before President Tinubu in a traditional show of remorse and respect, signaling reconciliation and renewed loyalty.
