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| Vice President Yemi Osinbajo |
A group Osinbajo
Volunteers has launched an online campaign presenting Vice President Yemi
Osinbajo as the “right” candidate to become Nigeria’s next president.
TheCable
report continues:
But
the vice president’s spokesperson Laolu Akande, said the group’s agenda is
“mischevious”.
According
to the information on the group’s website,
Osinbajo is “the right ruler” Nigeria needs.
It
describes Osinbajo as “a leader who has a clue on what to do and turn Nigeria
the beloved to the land of our dreams”.
The
group, which stands for “one indivisible Nigeria”, according to its logo, has
its headquarters in Belfast International Airport, Northern Ireland.
The
group, however, adds that the vice president has no connection with the
campaign as “we have never met him”.
“Note
that Osinbajo did not endorse this volunteer group,” it says.
“We
are strong believers in the fact that he is the right ruler for Nigeria and
must create a people’s volunteer base for him.”
The
group’s site features recent news involving the vice president as well as
pictures of him attending some national and international functions.
Some
of the events featured include the recent United Nations’ Security Council
meeting and the inauguration of Rwandan President Paul Kagame.
“Let
us make history together,” the group said as it enjoined Nigerians to come
aboard either as volunteers or members.
Akande,
in a tweet on Saturday, said the website has nothing to do with his principal.
“Please
disregard this website created by faceless people for mischievous purposes. It
has absolutely nothing to do with the Vice President,” he wrote on Twitter.
2019: Osinbajo Disowns
Group Asking Him To Run For President
Vice
President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday issued a disclaimer on a political group
that is pushing for him to run in the 2019 presidential election.
The
group, which remains largely faceless, said it launched a website to
create awareness for the vice president because “he is the right ruler for
Nigeria.”
It
listed its operational base as Belfast, Northern Ireland, with an obviously
fictitious phone number.
Yet
the group did not claim any links to Mr. Osinbajo. In fact, it put up a
screaming disclaimer on its page that its activities were unconnected to the
VP.
“Note
that Osinbajo did not endorse this volunteer group. We have never met him. We
are strong believers in the fact that he is the right ruler for Nigeria and
must create a peoples volunteer base for him,” the group stated on its website
Notwithstanding,
Mr. Osinbajo issued a short statement through his spokesperson on Saturday,
urging Nigerians to disregard the activities of the faceless individuals.
“Please disregard this website created by faceless people for mischievous purposes. It has absolutely nothing to do with the Vice President,” the VP’s spokesperson, Laolu Akande, wrote on Twitter:
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