"Remi Tinubu Called Me A Thug And Ordered Security To Throw Me Out Of Constitutional Review Hearing" – Arinola Oloko

Nigerian Representative and Politician, Arinola Oloko, has broken her silence after the drama that happened at Marriott Hotel, between her and Senator Remi Tinubu.

Speaking with The Punch, the 51-year-old Arinola, says Senator Remi Tinubu, called her a thug and also ordered the security to throw her out of the Constitution Review Hearing. 

She says: “Everybody is complaining that the constitution is faulty. So, I was expecting a proper hearing for the Senate constitutional review. I was genuinely interested in the hearing.

“At the venue, I was talking with those at the entrance asking them to be fair and allow us enter. I don’t know what happened but the Senator came out and started saying, ‘Call that woman! Come here!’

“By default, I responded and went to her (Mrs. Tinubu). I told her my name and told her I am in her constituency and that she is my Senator and that we have been on the queue like forever.

“I tried to recount everything that had transpired to her. In my mind, I thought she would say, ‘Oh, this is wrong and all of that’. But she said, ‘Shut up! Shut up! Call the security to take this thug away’.

“At that point, I told her, ‘Ma, I am not a thug, I don’t look like a thug. I am not being violent and I don’t look criminal. That’s the qualification of a thug.”