Daniel Bwala, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo would not contest for the presidency in 2023.
There have been several online reports claiming that Osinbajo would declare his interest to run for the Presidency after the ruling party’s National Convention scheduled for February 26, 2021.
Featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, Bwala said: “Yemi Osinbajo is not running for President.
“He is not interested.
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“I think I know the wisdom behind why VP Osinbajo is not running and he is shooting down every attempt to point towards that.
“He may have understood that the general principle of equity and fairness is that one good turn deserves another. He had a principal who supported him for eight years and because Asiwaju (Bola Tinubu) has indicated interest, morally, not legally, it would be injurious for the Vice President to express interest.”
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The APC chieftain also urged Osinbajo to publicly downplay insinuations of running for the presidency in 2023.
He added: “Secondly, there’s an idea that if someone has helped you and indicated interest, your best bet is to go about supporting him with the hope that he doesn’t get it, he will now throw his weight behind you but you will not challenge him and I think that since the Vice President is not interested, it is important that he comes out and downplay his supporters and support Asiwaju, because if you continue to leave people in limbo, there is going to be a crisis between your supporters and his supporters,”
