2023: Yemi Osinbajo Is Not Running For President – Bwala

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2023: Yemi Osinbajo Is Not Running For President – Bwala

Nigeria's Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo will not be contesting in the 2023 presidential election, according to a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Daniel Bwala.

Bwala made his views known on Tuesday during an interview session with Channels TV’s Politics Today.

According to Bwala, the fact that Osinbajo’s political benefactor, Asiwaj Bola Tinubu has already declared intention for the 2023 presidential race makes it morally wrong for the Vice President to also join the race.

“Yemi Osinbajo is not running for President,” Bwala declared emphatically.

“He is not interested,” he added.

“I think I know the wisdom behind why VP Osinbajo is not running and he is shooting down every attempt to point towards that”.

Bwala added that rather than contest, he strongly believes Osinbajo would support the 2023 ambition of Tinubu.

“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.

“Secondly, there’s an idea that if someone has helped you and indicated interest, your best bet is to go about supporting him with the hope that he doesn’t get it, he will now throw his weight behind you but you will not challenge him and I think that since the Vice President is not interested, it is important that he comes out and downplay his supporters and support Asiwaju, because if you continue to leave people in limbo, there is going to be a crisis between your supporters and his supporters,” he said.