2023: Osinbajo meets APC govs, set to declare presidential ambition

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is currently meeting with the governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

It was gathered that Osinbajo is meeting with the APC governors to seek their support for his presidential ambition ahead of the 2023 general election.

Credible sources at the Presidential Villa disclosed that the Vice President is currently hosting the governors to the breaking of Ramadan fast (Iftar).

A source said: “The Iftar dinner being hosted by the VP is just commencing. APC governors, especially those from the North, are already gathered.

“The Vice President is now going to reveal his intention to run for President,” adding that Osinbajo will thereafter make it known to Nigerians.

Osinbajo, a lawyer, politician and pastor, before now has been called by many support groups and individuals to run for the office of president in 2023.

The groups have been going round the country and sponsoring adverts in print and broadcast media urging the vice president to contest.

The Star had reported that the Vice President informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his intention to run for president ahead of the 2023 general election.

Credibles sources disclosed Osinbajo told the President of his desire to take over from him at the expiration of his tenure in 2023 to consolidate the achievements they recorded since they took over from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2015.

With the intent, the Vice President will struggle for the ticket of the ruling APC with the likes of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who had a few months ago visited the Presidential Villa, where he told Buhari of his intention to succeed him.

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzo Kalu, and Senator Rochas Okorocha have all declared their interest in the presidency on the platform of the APC amid speculations that some aspirants from the North would soon join the race.

CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, and the Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, have been rumoured to be nursing presidential ambition ahead of the next year’s general election.

The Star