🚨 From Unilag to Aso Rock 🚨 ‼️ How Osinbajo Met Tinubu One word 👉🏾 @aonanuga1956 Mr. Bayo Onanuga, OON, CON, was the one who introduced Prof. Yemi Osinbajo to Bola Ahmed Tinubu in January 1999. After Tinubu won the gubernatorial election and became Governor of Lagos State in 1999, he was on the 6th floor of Kresta Laurel Building (owned by Engineer Gbenga Daniel) in Maryland, Lagos. He was holding a meeting with Engineer Gbenga Daniel (@JustusOGD - an avid Bola Tinubu supporter and campaigner), Bayo Onanuga (@aonanuga1956), and Dele Alake (@AlakeDele - current Minister of Solid Minerals Development). They were deliberating and going over critical appointments he would be making. When they got to the position of Attorney General, Tinubu mentioned his preferred candidate... Bayo Onanuga shot back and said, “I have a better person for you.” Tinubu was startled by the interjection. He asked who it was. Bayo Onanuga replied, “He is a Law Professor and the man who drafted our company’s MOU. He crafted it in such a brilliant way that it protected us from the founding partners. Without it, the other shareholders would have thrown us out.” Mr. Onanuga explained that Prof. Yemi Osinbajo had previously worked with Prince Bola Ajibola, who was the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice under President Babangida. Surprisingly, Dele Alake and Engr. Gbenga Daniel did not oppose Bayo’s nomination of Prof. Osinbajo. Tinubu also appeared eager to meet the “wonder lawyer,” so he said: “Go and bring him.” Bayo Onanuga then went to Osinbajo’s house in Ogudu, Kosofe LGA, and invited him to meet the new Governor of Lagos. Unbeknownst to Bayo, Dele Alake had already told Asiwaju about Yemi Osinbajo before that meeting. They had been classmates at Igbobi College and both attended Baptist Shepherd Hill Church in Obanikoro. Dele Alake, Engr. Gbenga Daniel, and Bayo Onanuga all approved of Yemi Osinbajo’s appointment as Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Lagos State. When Tinubu queried why there was such unanimous approval from all three, Asiwaju figured out that all four of them had attended Unilag. 🙃🤣 Tinubu laughed and teased them about doing “Akoka Solidarity.” And as they say… the rest is history.
