After months of speculation and consultation, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday joined the presidential race ahead of the primary of the All Progressives Congress which comes up next month.

Osinbajo at a dinner he hosted at the Presidential Villa for the breaking of Ramadan fast (Iftar), the Vice-President informed the APC governors of his plan to succeed his boss, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), whose tenure as President ends in 13 months’ time.

It was learnt that no fewer than 12 APC governors out of the 23 were present at the meeting.

Some of the governors present include: Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), Babagana Zulum (Borno) and Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos).

“The VP invited all the governors to the meeting and has informed them of his plan to contest. He is also seeking their support ahead of the primary. Of course, the Vice-President has also informed President Buhari of his intention to contest. He will be formally announcing his candidacy on Monday (today),” said a top source.

The Vice-President is expected to release a video of his formal declaration on Monday on all social media platforms wherein he will seek the support of all Nigerians for his ambition.

Already, Osinbajo support groups have opened a campaign and strategy office for him in the Wuse 2 area of Abuja.

Attempts to get a response from the Spokesman for the Vice-President, Laolu Akande, proved abortive as he neither responded to calls nor a text message on Sunday.

Osinbajo, who turned 65 last month, is a senior advocate of Nigeria and a former lecturer at the University of Lagos. He is also a senior pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God.

He began his public office career in 1988 as an Adviser (legal advice and litigation) to the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Bola Ajibola, a position he held for four years.

The Vice-President was appointed Attorney-General of Lagos State in 1999 by then Governor, Bola Tinubu, and held the position till 2007, implementing several judicial reforms.

He was nominated as Buhari’s running mate in 2014 and was elected alongside Buhari in 2015. During his seven-year tenure as Vice-President, Osinbajo served as acting President for more than 120 non-consecutive days while his principal was on medical leave in London between 2016 and 2018

Osinbajo will be contesting the APC Presidential primary against Tinubu, his former boss; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi; and Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State.

Others in the APC who are rumoured to be nursing Presidential ambitions include: Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Kayode Fayemi; the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige. The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, is also considered a contender.

Speaking with The PUNCH on Sunday, a human rights lawyer, Mr Kayode Ajulo, who is an associate of the Vice-President and member of his support group, described Osinbajo’s candidacy as a dream come true.

When asked if Osinbajo contesting against Tinubu would not be viewed as treachery, the activist said Osinbajo had to put his loyalty to 200 million Nigerians ahead of his love for the former governor of Lagos.

Ajulo added, “Prof Osinbajo started his career in public office in the 1980s and has served under several distinguished Nigerians including under then AGF, Bola Ajibola, who was later appointed Judge of the International Court of Justice from 1991 to 1994.

“It was not only under Tinubu that he served. In fact, Tinubu identified his achievements and brought Osinbajo into his team. Buhari had lost three elections but won when he picked Osinbajo as his running mate.

“Osinbajo is who Nigeria needs at this point in time. He cannot sacrifice the well-being of 200 million Nigerians on the altar of loyalty to one man. This declaration is historic because he is the first Vice-President to declare and be accepted. He will make a formal public declaration on Monday. Just watch out,” Ajulo said.

The South-West Agenda for Asiwaju 2023 (SWAGA’23), a group aimed at ensuring that Tinubu emerges President, told The PUNCH that Osinbajo’s declaration was welcome.

The National Secretary of SWAGA, Mr Bosun Oladele, told The PUNCH that the APC must ensure that the Presidential primary which comes up next month is conducted in a fair manner as this would be the only way to maintain the unity of the party.

Oladele said no one should emerge as the Presidential candidate of the party through the backdoor.

He said, “It is the right of the Vice-President to contest. Nobody can take that away from him. Whether it is morally right or wrong is another topic for discussion. I believe it shows the platform where Tinubu wants to contest is a veritable platform and let us not misunderstand his intentions.

“Nobody is saying he should not indicate interest but personally in our group SWAGA 23, what we are looking at is let the race be open enough. That nobody is getting the ticket through the backdoor. Let everyone show up on the field and let the winner emerge in a democratic manner so that we will be united after and the party and the country will be better. Osinbajo is welcome

“We will be waiting for him at the primary. We started early because the journey is long. So, he is joining us at the end but he is welcome.”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/osinbajo-joins-presidential-race-meets-12-apc-governors/%3famp

PYO 2023

Wow this is great news!!!

cc mynd lalasticala

Failure Round 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKbx-Ux-phw

Vice President Yemi Osinbanjo joins the race for the 2023 Presidential elections

This is the only worthy candidate I can see out of the APC and PDP candidates

With PYO joining the race: could/will it birth a bad blood between him and Tinubu? Considering how instrumental the later was to him in 1999 and 2014.

Osinbajo at a dinner he hosted at the Presidential Villa for the breaking of Ramadan fast









Mallam Osinbajo of failed A P C administration
Trader money crook
Vote buying star house boy
Faithless man of God.

Back stabbing own godfather

It seems the man decided to grow some balls.

He is 65 years old, why was he afraid all this while to declare his intention?

I will prefer him to any of the other APC candidates that have declared so far, just that I don't see him winning the primaries.

WHAT A VERY SAD DAY FOR SEUNMSG

Kzinne:
Finally Osinbajo joins Presidential race

In ur dream abi

Earthstorms:
It seems the man decided to grow some balls.

He is 65 years old, why was he afraid all this while to declare his intention?

I will prefer him to any of the other APC candidates that have declared so far, just that I don't see him winning the primaries.

no need for rushing to declare, when you know that the power is behind you.

abu12:


no need for rushing to declare, when you know that the power is behind you.

Will be nice if someone like him can win the presidency. Not those whose selling point is that they can run round the stadium or that being president has been their life-long ambition and were prepared to project lifeless candidates just to pave way for their life-long ambition.

Someday, professionals like Osibanjo might clinch power and retain power within professionals at the federal level, then we might see real progress.

The Yoruba's have to be wiser now and not watch the history repeat itself, this just happens to be exactly like Awolowo and Ladoke again. If we are to look at antecedents and weigh them Osinbajo can't be compared to Tinubu.

Good one, the many the merrier

[quote author=Praxis758 post=111833151]With PYO joining the race: could/will it birth a bad blood between him and Tinubu? Considering how instrumental the later was to him in 1999 and 2014.[of course, put yourself in the later's position, it must surely birth bad blood, even though the both have all right to vote and be voted for]

Unless Tinubu decide to accept defeat if the Presidency helps another aspirant to get the ticket, I don't see anyone else with his kind of leverage in the APC.


Ameachi : cannot win his State

Umahi: Will lose his State to PDP in presidential election


Osinbajo: Best Aspirant, zero structure. If he leaves APC, even his State governor won't follow him. Tinubu, Osoba and Oshiomole made Dapo Abiodun governor of Ogun State.


Yahaya Bello: Joker



I am 100% confident that Tinubu is the only aspirant that can destroy APC if he wants to. If the Party work against him and he decides to leave, he will do so with at least, three states from the south west. Lagos, Ogun, Osun and even Oyo states.



By the way, how do they intend to sell a senior pastor to the Northerners?




APC MUST GIVE TINUBU THE TICKET, NOT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO, BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO.

Kzinne:

Osinbajo at a dinner he hosted at the Presidential Villa for the breaking of Ramadan fast (Iftar)
https://punchng.com/osinbajo-joins-presidential-race-meets-12-apc-governors/

pastor how many times have the Muslims held church service

Well I am not God, make I no judge

Its well!

Thank God I went for my pvc.

voting my choice candidate loading.............

not some papa africa or candidate seeking sympathy vote, coming to tell us how they milk cattle to fend for their family from child.

(Ofodirinwa)Failure Round 2.

(Ofodirin-iwonikan-shosho ni agbara ODU-DU-IWA ASE)

BECAUSE THE LORD LOVES NIGERIA AND VALUES TO KEEP HER, OSINBAJO WILL SUCCEED BUHARI IN 2023

Amotolongbo:
This is the only worthy candidate I can see out of the APC and PDP candidates

Exactly my thought.I can see that the man is a competent leader with effective leadership skills.He bring a lot of changes to this nation.

Make Una dey look well... It's either osibanjo ad tinubu are trying to play us a prank or something is jus wrong somwhere

Kzinne:
After months of speculation and consultation, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday joined the presidential race ahead of the primary of the All Progressives Congress which comes up next month.

Osinbajo at a dinner he hosted at the Presidential Villa for the breaking of Ramadan fast (Iftar), the Vice-President informed the APC governors of his plan to succeed his boss, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), whose tenure as President ends in 13 months’ time.

It was learnt that no fewer than 12 APC governors out of the 23 were present at the meeting.

Some of the governors present include: Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), Babagana Zulum (Borno) and Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos).

Attempts to get a response from the Spokesman for the Vice-President, Laolu Akande, proved abortive as he neither responded to calls nor a text message on Sunday.

Osinbajo, who turned 65 last month, is a senior advocate of Nigeria and a former lecturer at the University of Lagos. He is also a senior pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God.

He began his public office career in 1988 as an Adviser (legal advice and litigation) to the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Bola Ajibola, a position he held for four years.

The Vice-President was appointed Attorney-General of Lagos State in 1999 by then Governor, Bola Tinubu, and held the position till 2007, implementing several judicial reforms.

He was nominated as Buhari’s running mate in 2014 and was elected alongside Buhari in 2015. During his seven-year tenure as Vice-President, Osinbajo served as acting President for more than 120 non-consecutive days while his principal was on medical leave in London between 2016 and 2018

Osinbajo will be contesting the APC Presidential primary against Tinubu, his former boss; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi; and Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State.

Others in the APC who are rumoured to be nursing Presidential ambitions include: Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Kayode Fayemi; the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige. The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, is also considered a contender.

https://punchng.com/osinbajo-joins-presidential-race-meets-12-apc-governors/

Very strange that the vice president invited governors to declare but his spokes person REFUSES TO BRIEF THE PRESS ON THE OUTCOME OF THE MEETING!
The VP should stop all these Shananiigans and be EITHER HERE OR THERE!

Watch how Mkpuru Mniri miscreants pushing him to contest against Tinubu just to create bad blood suddenly start blaming him again for aspiring


Yes on Tinubu's mandate i stand... But nothing is better than having Professor Osinbajo as my President if Bola Ahmed Tinubu isn't contesting...

As a matter of fact Osinbajo outshines Jagaban in some aspects especially Constitutional Law and Governance... While Asiwaju outclass him in Human resources management, Economics and finance



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Authoreety:
Make Una dey look well... It's either osibanjo ad tinubu are trying to play us a prank or something is jus wrong somwhere

Once he declares, the die is cast.
His declaration immediately indicates that HE NO LONGER BELONGS TO THE TINUBU POLITICAL FAMILY.
From then on , he has to build his own political structure to fight the leader of the political family he belongs to.
In seven years as VP osibanjo did not deem it fit to build any structure or develop human capital that has deep connections to the grassroots.

limeta:
Osinbajo at a dinner he hosted at the Presidential Villa for the breaking of Ramadan fast









Mallam Osinbajo of failed A P C administration
Trader money crook
Vote buying star house boy
Faithless man of God.

Back stabbing own godfather

Calm down, cool down, drink chill water, take a deep breath and relax, don't let bitterness, hypocrite, hatred, emptiness, delusion and anger send you unprofitable messages, because it have taken over your soul and spirit about to drag you down, you can allow them, because if you want to type few lines of sentences and you are using unnecessary spaces to call for attention, the symptoms are all over you

akaahs:

In ur dream abi

Wake up…

He has declared ogbeni

finally a breath of fresh air. the only reasonable candidate from afonja, & not that ancestor & drug baron. I no mention anybody name oo.