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Governor Ademola Adeleke has disclosed how the First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, once saved him from media blackmail while he was in the Senate.

Adeleke said the first lady, then a Senator in the 8th Senate, was his saving grace after he was caught sleeping by the media during plenary.

The governor spoke on Tuesday during a reception organized for Tinubu alongside other State Governors’ wives at the Government House, Oke-Fia, Osogbo, ahead of the Turning of Sod of the Alternative High School for Girls.

According to Adeleke, “I want to welcome you to Osun State. You are a detribalised First Lady. I remember that she was my senior colleague at the 8th assembly.

“There was a time when the media caught me sleeping in the Senate, so they wanted to blackmail me. I told them how tedious our job is in making bills and having several sleepless nights over Nigeria. We don’t sleep till 4 a.m. most times. They (the media) were not listening to me; I almost fell for their blackmail. So, I ran to mama (First Lady) when she was going to Lagos, and I told her that I wanted to ask her something. I said I was sleeping, and the media came to me that they saw me sleeping, and it seemed they wanted to collect something from me.

“She told me, ‘ma da won lohun’ (don’t answer them), let them go and write whatever thing they want to write, and tell them that you are a human being because they have done that to me before.

“I made use of what she told me. That helped me out of paying a lot of money. So anytime we have issues, we always go to her because of her wealth of experience.”

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Isn't this a blackmail?

The brown envelope media involved should be prosecuted

How can one degrade himself like this just curry favor You need an adult like yourself to tell you to ignore people that want to blackmail you for sleeping, a normal body response to tiredness.

Body no be firewood na

Sangoamadioha1:
How can one degrade himself like this just curry favor You need an adult like yourself to tell you to ignore people that want to blackmail you for sleeping, a normal body response to tiredness.

He said it " lack of experience" . He was first timer then

Gov. Adeleke should have mentioned the extortionist journalists involved to shame them.

wwwihy:
He said it " lack of experience" . He was first timer then

That story was not meant for public consumption because it belittles him as someone not emotionally matured for the position he contested for. He was just trying to hype the first lady as a fountain of wisdom.

No matter how I try I don't see this guy as a serious person.

Sangoamadioha1:
How can one degrade himself like this just curry favor You need an adult like yourself to tell you to ignore people that want to blackmail you for sleeping, a normal body response to tiredness.

Everything about him is sensational, mesmerizing, comical and childish.

Sangoamadioha1:
That story was not meant for public consumption because it belittles him as someone not emotionally matured for the position he contested for. He was just trying to hype the first lady as a fountain of wisdom.

He behaves like a minor many times.

It's human nature to sleep na

let them go and write whatever thing they want to write, and tell them that you are a human being.

Obi doing same to them.