I Have A Conscience, I Believe In Turn By Turn –Patience Jonathan

Former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan has declared her unequivocal support for the principle of turn by turn, in political office holding in the country.

She has also stated her readiness to stand by current First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu as someone who has patience.

Dame Jonathan spoke on Saturday night in Abuja, where she received the Women Icon Leader of the Year 2025 award from Accolade Dynamics Limited, employing the term “turn by turn” in describing rotational leadership.

“I believe in one president. I believe in turn-by-turn. When it’s your turn, I will support you. When it’s not your turn, step back—so that the country can move forward,” she declared.

Dame Jonathan who was a frontliner during her husband’s presidency, soaking in a number of emergent controversies as a result, also knocked off possibiitied of withdrawing support for current First Lady, declaring she has enough conscience not to do that:

“I didn’t just know her (Senator Oluremi Tinubu) just because she’s the First Lady, no. We worked together. We worked as a group.

“We are groups. We worked when I was a deputy governor’s wife.

“We worked when I was a governor’s wife. I know her. I talked with Oluremi.

“Even when my husband was the vice president, Oluremi stood with her husband and supported us during our first election.

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“They supported us. So, for me, I have a conscience. I cannot abandon my friend, whether you like it or not.”

Acknowledging Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, daughter of President Bola Tinubu who is also the Iyaloja-General of Nigeria,  she said:

“I was supposed to call her first, but I saved her for last: the daughter of our wonderful President, the President of Nigeria, the one and only we believe in, President Bola Tinubu. Iyaloja, thank you for standing with women because these are your women. Carry them along; they are with you.

“All the way, we are with you. No shaking. We will follow. Direct us, and we will follow. Because there is only one president at a time.

“We don’t have two presidents. I am outspoken, if I don’t like something, I will say it. But if I like something, I die for it”.

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“I stand by my friend. My friend is great. I told her I would campaign with her. I’m not denying her. I’m not running. I’m not going back to the villa. If you call me, I will not go.

“I say it every day. Don’t you like how young I look? People say, ‘Mama, you are young, you are young!’ it is because I have rest of mind, yes. I don’t want to go there—let my friend be there. Let me also ‘wahala’ her the way she used to ‘wahala’ me when I was there! Let me also tease her. And until she comes out, she will be young. But for now, she won’t be young:, Dame Patience Jonathan stated.