The Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has denied ever seeking President Muhammadu Buhari’s permission to dump the All Progressives Congress (APC), over the party’s Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket.
Osinbajo stated in a widely circulated memorandum suggesting he asked Buhari for permission to leave APC was not from him.
The memorandum which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York was dated June 24, 2022 with reference number SH/VP/605/2./0 and titled ‘Permission to resign from APC,’ listed family pressure and other reasons for the alleged decision.
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Reacting, Osinbajo, through his spokesman, Laolu Akande, described the memorandum as fake.
Akande said Osinbajo would never author such a memo full of errors.
‘Where do you people even get these things from? Who gave it to you? Anyways, for the avoidance of doubt, the memo is fake. VP didn’t write any such thing,’ he told journalists.
Recall that Osinbajo came third during the APC presidential primaries in Abuja.
Prior to the presidential primaries, the Vice President was accused of betraying Bola Tinubu, the eventual winner of election.
Tinubu is believed to be the political godfather of Osinbajo, hence the Vice President was queried for contesting against him.
However, Tinubu settled for a Northern Muslim, Kashim Shettima as his running mate following his emergence as APC presidential candidate.
Meanwhile, the senator representing Adamawa North, Ishaku Abbo, often referred to as the ‘sex-toy senator’, has announced the resignation of his membership from the campaign group of the All Progressives Congress (APC) flagbearer, Bola Tinubu following the recent choice of running mate.
This was as he called Tinubu irresponsible for picking the former governor of Borno State, Kashhim Shettima, a Muslim, as APC vice presidential candidate.
Abbo had earlier tweeted about his stance but shared details of his decision with journalists on Monday in Abuja.
Abbo added that he met with a support group in Abuja in search of a running mate for Tinubu.
The group concluded that Tinubu should not pick a Muslim as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election.
