I won’t be a Nigerian citizen with Tinubu as president – Ex-deputy Gov

A former deputy governor of Lagos State, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu said she will not be a Nigerian passport holder by the time the President-elect, Bola Tinubu is inaugurated on May 29th.

The former deputy governor said this while addressing the press at her Lagos residence on Wednesday.

According to Ojikutu, the process of renouncing her Nigerian citizenship has already begun and would be done before the inauguration on May 29.

She said, “I will not hold a Nigerian passport with Bola Tinubu as President. I am praying to God to give me the nation I can go to. I am not going to America or the United Kingdom. I want a simple place where I (can) stay and live for the rest of my life.

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“I don’t know where I am going but I have already given it to the lawyers to please see where I can get the citizenship. I am working on it seriously before May 29.”

Ojikutu further stated, “Before the results of the presidential elections were declared, I came out to say that if Bola Tinubu won the election, I would renounce my citizenship in Nigeria and I have my reasons.

“When he won, people called me and said he would not do anything bad. But I am endangered by the current situation. I have been ostracised and humiliated in places where I should be honoured because of his not being at peace with me.”

Ojikutu said all efforts to resolve the differences she had with Tinubu since she was made a Commissioner representing Lagos State at the Federal Character Commission had been unsuccessful.

She lamented over the state of the nation, saying she was no longer proud to be a former public office holder.

She said, “The National Assembly system is too expensive for Nigeria. The natural resources of this nation are enough for every man if it is well managed. I am ashamed to call myself a public officer because I cannot see all my sacrifices. And some people will boast of their political status as excellency. Excellency over a nation like this?

“People who have served this nation faithfully are unhappy at the turn up of events. There are so many people on the streets who are hungry and everything that was supposed to be put in place has not been put in place.”

She advised that anyone unsatisfied with the outcome of the elections should challenge the process in court as it is their right.