<p><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p><strong>President Bola Ahmed Tinubu<&sol;strong> has said he has forgiven Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and is no longer angry&comma; declaring&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s all over now&period; All is forgiven&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The reconciliation reportedly took place during a private meeting with members of the Governor’s Advisory Council &lpar;GAC&rpar;&comma; led by chairman Prince Tajudeen Olusi&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The gathering&comma; held at the President’s Ikoyi residence in Lagos&comma; was part of an Eid-el-Kabir homage visit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Though President Tinubu did not address the cause of the rift&comma; he warmly accepted the plea for forgiveness presented by the GAC delegation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A source close to the meeting said&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The meeting didn’t entertain a situation where the president or the governor had to start explaining what happened between them&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>”They just pleaded for outright mercy on behalf of the governor&comma; and the president granted it&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sources at the closed-door meeting also revealed that <strong>Sanwo-Olu<&sol;strong> and other top Lagos politicians prostrated before the president as a gesture of remorse and submission&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The delegation included Lagos Deputy Governor Dr&period; Obafemi Hamzat&semi; Chief of Staff to the President&comma; Femi Gbajabiamila&semi; APC Lagos State Chairman&comma; Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi&semi; Senators Tokunbo Abiru and Ganiyu Solomon&semi; and party stalwart Cardinal James Odunmbaku&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While addressing the president&comma; Olusi acknowledged the visible strain between the president and some Lagos politicians&comma; especially the governor&comma; and appealed for peace and understanding going forward&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In response to the plea&comma; President Tinubu said&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s all over now&period; All is forgiven&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This development comes after weeks of speculation about their relationship&comma; especially following a viral video in May where Tinubu appeared to ignore Sanwo-Olu at the inauguration of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the video&comma; the president greeted several dignitaries but seemingly bypassed the Lagos governor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gistreel&period;com&sol;its-all-over-now-all-is-forgiven-tinubu-to-sanwo-olu&sol;" previewlistener&equals;"true">Source link <&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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