President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, told members of the National Assembly not to expect his wife Oluremi back in the Senate.
Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who, on Wednesday was declared winner of the February 25 presidential poll, said his wife would now be the “First Lady” in charge of the “other room.”
“To my lovely wife. Oluremi Tinubu. You, the senators, don’t expect her back. She’s going to be my housewife and First Lady. Enough of lending…The other room,” he said while addressing his party faithful and supporters.
In the early hours of Wednesday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Tinubu the winner of the 2023 presidential poll after scoring 8,794,726 votes to beat his closest rival of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Atiku Abubakar who scored 6,948,520.
Peter Obi, candidate of the Labour Party, came third after polling 6,101,533 votes, while Rabiu Kwankwaso came fourth with 1,496,687 votes.