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Presidency: “I have no son grown enough to declare” – Tinubu denies VP Osinbajo
 
By: Abara Blessing Oluchi
Mon, 11 Apr 2022   ||   Nigeria,
 

All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader, Bola Tinubu on Monday denied of being a godfather to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
The former Lagos state governor when Asked to react to his “son’s” declaration, a reference to Osinbajo, said he has no son grown enough to declare
This is coming as the duo have publically made their intention to run for 2023 Presidency.
Tinubu spoke after a meeting with Governors elected on the platform of the party.
He explained that discussions during the parley centred on his ambition to lead the country from 2023.
“My mission is to seek the collaboration, encouragement and support of my party, the APC, for my ambition and mission to become the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
Asked to react to his “son’s” declaration, a reference to Osinbajo, Tinubu replied: “I have no son grown enough to declare”.
In 2015, Tinubu sought to run with President Buhari but was asked to nominate to avoid a Muslim/Muslim ticket.
The APC co-founder then selected Osinbajo, his former Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice.
With his declaration, the Professor of Law and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) has drawn the battle line with Tinubu.

 

 

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