A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Daniel Bwala has disclosed that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo would not contest for the presidency in 2023.
Bwala explained that it would be injurious for Osinbajo to run for the Presidency since Bola Tinubu, APC National Leader had signified interest.
Reports had it on Monday that Osinbajo would declare his interest to run for the Presidency after the ruling party’s National Convention scheduled for February 26, 2021.
But, Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, dismissed such claims, which he described as false and speculative
Bwala stressed that contrary to such reports, the Vice President has shot down such moves.
Featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, the APC chieftain said: “Yemi Osinbajo is not running for President.
“He is not interested.
“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.”
Bwala also urged Osinbajo to publicly downplay insinuations of running for the presidency in 2023.
He also called on the Vice President to openly support Tinubu’s presidential ambition.