Politicians and some All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains who trooped into the Bourdillon, the Ikoyi residence of President Bola Tinubu yesterday, June 28, to celebrate Eid-el-Kabir with him and continue their lobby for political appointments, were left disappointed.
Their disappointment came after the President relocated to his newly refurbished ‘White House’ at No. 4, Queens Drive in Ikoyi.
The Guardian reported that despite the relocation, some members of his family and personal aides attended to some party members and feted some Lagosians who trooped into Bourdillon.
Still, many politicians who attempted to see him at his new Queens Drive residence were turned back by security agencies.
Sources said President Tinubu cancelled several appointments to attend to other pressing national demands and needed more time to rest following his trip to France and the United Kingdom.”
In their exotic tinted glass vehicles, people suspected to be politicians were also turned back.
Some clergymen dressed in cassocks were not allowed to enter the President’s White House, just as many reporters, including Television Continental (TVC) news crew, were denied access to the edifice.
One of the guests, who was denied entrance, told The Guardian that he came from the mainland to present a gift to the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu.
According to him:
“The level of security here is expected. This is the residence of the President and it has to be heavily fortified. We don’t know who is who. I only came to drop a gift for the First Lady, but I wasn’t allowed. Maybe I will have to take it back.”
It was gathered in Lagos yesterday that members of the President’s kitchen cabinet were still deliberating on the percentage of professionals and politicians that will constitute Tinubu’s cabinet.
