Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu, a former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, said on Wednesday that her life was in danger due to the rise of President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Before to the 2023 general election, Sinatu Ojikutu, the country’s first female democratically elected deputy governor, pledged to go into exile if the former Lagos Governor won.
Speaking to reporters at her home in Ikoyi, Lagos, yesterday, the former deputy governor said her life is no longer safe after Tinubu was declared the victor of the February 25 elections.
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She stated that her feud with Tinubu, the state’s former governor, began over 20 years ago when she rejected his governorship ambition.
According to her, a move by the former president, Olusegun Obasnajo to reconcile her and Tinubu failed a long time ago.
She said: “I came out before the presidential election to say that if Tinubu won, I, Sinatu Aderoju Ojikutu, would renounce the citizenship of Nigeria and I have my reasons.
“It came to me before the elections that Tinubu was asking, am I still alive? When somebody mentioned my issue to him, I understand, he said, ‘Is she still around?’ What does that mean?
“What does he mean? Yes, I am alive, hale and hearty. Have they planned my death? Why should anybody be asking if I am still alive?
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“Am I safe? And there are many people like that in my category who are not safe too.”
Speaking on her move to relocate from the country, she noted that when Tinubu won the election, people called to assure her that “he would not harm me but I know this man and I have known him for over 20 years. I know what he has done to me personally”.
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