Don’t mention Funke Akindele in my presence – Tinubu tells supporters

The presidential candidate of the All-Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu,  has told his supporters that it is disrespectful to mention Nollywood actress and People Democratic Party’s Lagos gubernatorial running mate Funke Akindele in his presence.

Tinubu stated this during a campaign in Lagos on Wednesday.

The former Lagos State governor is backing incumbent Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of APC for re-election.

At the political outing, his supporters had sung a campaign song, describing Akindele as a political ‘ant’ compared to Sanwo-Olu.

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“Who is Funke Akindele before Sanwo-Olu of Lagos? She is an ant,” the supporters sang.

But Tinubu fumed: “Don’t even bother to mention her name in my presence. It is an insult. It is disrespectful.”

In a video seen by newsmen, Tinubu, speaking in Yoruba said, “Don’t even behave as if you remember the name. “It is a big insult, it is an abuse. A fowl wants to enter a house, it is bending down, how tall is it in the first place.”

Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly called Jandor, PDP’s governorship candidate in Lagos State along with Funke Akindele as running mate, is seeking to beat Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the polls in 2023.

Don’t mention Funke Akindele in my presence – Tinubu tells supporters