A National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bola Tinubu, has revealed that Prof. Yemi Osinbajo was a bit hesitant when he was called to be President Muhammadu Buhari’s running mate during the 2015 presidential election.

Tinubu, made the disclosure in the book, ‘Against the Run of Play – How an incumbent president was defeated in Nigeria,’ written by the Chairman of the THISDAY Editorial Board, Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi,

According to Tinubu Osinbajo was hesitant and asked him (Tinubu) to go and intimate the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye.

Tinubu narrated in the book which will be launched tomorrow “He was a bit hesitant as he asked me to go and tell Pastor Adeboye. I replied by telling him that he needed to inform Pastor Adeboye himself, after all, there had been times when if we needed to see Pastor Adeboye, he was the one who facilitated it.

“I reminded him that since the final choice was not for me to make, I should not go to Pastor Adeboye until after the announcement of his name. So, Osinbajo went to meet Pastor Adeboye who reportedly told him, ‘if they offer you, take it’.”

The book, which also delved into the circumstances that led to Tinubu being side-lined as Buhari’s running mate in the election, despite the prior agreement both men had reached when the APC was being formed that they would contest on a joint ticket, revealed that Senate President Bukola Saraki, other APC governors and senators led the charge to stop the pairing before the party’s presidential primary in Lagos.