{"id":65568,"date":"2025-05-11T14:52:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T14:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=65568"},"modified":"2025-05-11T14:52:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T14:52:35","slug":"patience-jonathan-i-will-not-return-to-villa-i-stand-with-remi-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/11\/patience-jonathan-i-will-not-return-to-villa-i-stand-with-remi-tinubu\/","title":{"rendered":"Patience Jonathan: I Will Not Return to Villa, I Stand With Remi Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan has declared her full support for First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general elections, vowing to join her on the campaign trail rather than seek a return to Aso Rock.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Abuja after receiving the Women Icon Leader of the Year award from Accolade Dynamics Limited, Patience made it clear that her loyalty lies with the current administration and the principle of rotational leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is only one president at a time,\u201d she said. \u201cI believe in turn by turn. When it is your turn, I will support you. When it is not, step aside so the country can move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patience praised President Tinubu&#8217;s daughter, Iyaloja-General Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, for her support of women, assuring her of unwavering solidarity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are with you. No shaking. Direct us, and we will follow,\u201d she said passionately.<\/p>\n<p>The former First Lady also revealed that her bond with Remi Tinubu began long before their time in Aso Rock, describing their relationship as deep and enduring.<\/p>\n<p>With this bold declaration, Patience Jonathan has not only ended speculation about a political comeback but also signalled a powerful alliance among Nigeria\u2019s most influential women ahead of 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Idowu Former First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan has declared her full support for First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general elections, vowing to join her on the campaign trail rather than seek a return to Aso Rock. Speaking in Abuja after receiving the Women Icon Leader of the Year award [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":65569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-65568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65568"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65570,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65568\/revisions\/65570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}