I Don’t Have Anything Against Anyone – First Lady

Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has said that she has chosen forgiveness and bid implicit bitterness, adjacent towards those who betrayed her hubby during the 2023 wide election.

Mrs Tinubu made this known successful her caller 52-page memoir titled ‘The Journey of Grace: Giving Thanks successful All Things’, released connected Sunday to people her 65th day anniversary.

In the book, which chronicles her spiritual travel betwixt 2021 and 2025, the First Lady reflects connected her husband’s campaign, the controversies of the 2023 polls, and the idiosyncratic lessons she drew from betrayal, loyalty, and faith.

“I bash not person thing against anyone…the question is however I did not consciousness the betrayal anymore? I knew the Grace origin was evident, and the Holy Spirit continually comforted me. Never to avenge myself, assuring maine that it is God’s prerogative. Mine is to convey Him for warring for us,” she wrote
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The memoir’s foreword was written by Dr. Folashade Olukoya of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries.

Mrs Tinubu noted that during her husband’s 14-year travel toward the presidency, immoderate of his closest allies failed to basal with him erstwhile it mattered most.

“Most radical I thought would enactment the idea, due to the fact that past relationships, were not forthcoming. Some were favourable, portion others were neither present nor there. Some said nary indirectly, portion others would alternatively privation to spot the result earlier taking a position,” she revealed.

Despite that, the First Lady said she drew spot from scripture and the illustration of Jesus Christ.

“Letting spell is what I did; doing bully is what matters most. Like my Saviour Jesus Christ successful Acts 10:38… So I bash not person thing against anyone, and that besides shows the frailty of man. Man is not God. We should ne'er enactment our spot successful immoderate man; erstwhile they help, it is God utilizing them to beryllium a blessing. When they stop, it means their duty for you from God has ended,” she added, citing Jeremiah 17:5-8 and Hebrews 12:2.

She explained that her determination to forgive was besides inspired by the biblical acquisition to springiness acknowledgment successful each circumstances.

“One morning, portion I was successful the bathroom, the Holy Spirit dropped this Word successful 1 Thessalonians 5:18 successful my tone man… it is not successful immoderate things to springiness thanks, but successful everything, some bully and bad. Then I realised that this publication’s subtitle volition beryllium conscionable that,” she wrote.

A long-time subordinate of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, wherever she roseate to Assistant Pastor successful 2018, Mrs Tinubu besides recounted the backlash she faced wrong her religion assemblage aft her hubby opted for a Muslim-Muslim summons successful 2022, calling it a “bitter pill.”

Still, she said she chose bid implicit resentment.

“Also, erstwhile the Word of God says we should bless our enemies, not curse them, and bash bully to those who persecute us, and despitefully usage us. Also, that whatsoever we do, we should bash unto the Lord… I americium astatine peace, doing each I tin to marque Nigeria amended and greater.”

LEADERSHIP reports that the archetypal ladeflections travel hardly 3 years aft the 2023 elections, 1 of Nigeria’s astir divisive contests successful caller history. President Bola Tinubu, campaigner of the All Progressives Congress (APC), won the February 2023 polls with 8.79 cardinal votes, defeating Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP). The effect was aboriginal upheld by some the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal and the Supreme Court.