Human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu, on Thursday, attacked Mrs. Remi Tinubu, wife of All Progressives Congress chieftain, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, for exhibiting disgusting haughtiness on Wednesday when she called a woman, a thug during a public hearing of the constitutional review.
Yesufu made this known in a chat with Punch.
TheNewsGuru had earlier reported that a trending video showed Tinubu representing Lagos Central was involved in a shouting bout with some Nigerians who attended the event at the Marriot Hotel in Lagos.
Tinubu is leading the Senate Committee on Review of the 1999 Constitution in the South-West.
However, there was an uproar when a yet-to-be-identified woman was not allowed entry into the venue. The woman, who complained about her exclusion from the venue, was criticized by Mrs. Tinubu for being “rude”.
Some Nigerians at the event then asked the senator to apologise to her but Mrs. Tinubu said, “I will not apologise for what I said. I saw it and I said it.”
In her reaction, Yesufu said, “It’s so much disgusting arrogance from a Senator who is an elected official to speak to citizens in that manner and this is not the first time Remi Tinubu is doing this. She looks down on people. I’m sure she is used to people who come to her, rolling on the floor and she thinks everybody will bow before her family. That is why she keeps on carrying this arrogance around.
“It is good that the citizens called her out there and asked her to apologise and this is what needs to happen, we need to bring down this arrogance that these politicians have.
“What has been her contribution since she has been in the Senate? What has she contributed to national issues? What has she contributed to women issues? Nothing. She is just there just because she is there. People who get to power out of tokenism have this kind of arrogance that comes from emptiness. It is absolutely annoying and disgraceful that she behaves that way not knowing that she is there to serve the people.”