2023: Osinbajo has not declared interest to contest for Presidency – Laolu Akande

By KEMI KASUMU

The Office of the Vice President of Nigeria has dissociated itself from what it described as distracting 2023 permutation connecting Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) with a certain website selling the idea of his presidential ambition ahead of the next general elections.

The website: supportosinbajo.ng is said to be calling on Nigerians to join a volunteer group mobilizing support for Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) to succeed his boss, President Muhammadu Buhari in office.

Details of this website and the solicitation of the group are currently trending on WhatsApp with a suggestion that Prof. Osinbajo has “quietly” declared interest in the 2023 election.

But Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, said Prof. Osinbajo gas nothing to do with that as it is but a distraction unnecessary.

“The Office of the Vice President is not in any way connected to this website or the group behind it and considers such an enterprise an unnecessary distraction. Prof. Osinbajo has not declared any interest whatsoever in the 2023 election, but he is rather focused on working in his capacity as Vice President in the current administration to address all the compelling issues in the country and concerns of Nigerians, including finding effective and lasting solutions to the security challenges.

“Therefore, we ask that people desist from such unhelpful permutations while we all deal together with the challenges confronting us as Nigerians, and resolve them for the benefit of our people, peace and prosperity in the land,” Akande said in a statement sent to The DEFENDER on Monday.