By Deborah Hassan
365Daily – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has the backing of most Governors to contest for presidency in 2023, a former National Secretary of Labour Party, Kayode Ajulo, has said.
Osinbajo belongs to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
He disclosed this on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today.
According to him, Osinbajo has performed exceedingly well within the last seven years in office and is fit to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari.
While urging the APC to support the Vice President to step into the place of his boss in May next year, Ajulo added that the Vice President is a man of integrity as nobody has been able to find fault in him.
According to him, if the APC is so serious in winning the 2023 presidential election, the only person seen as the best marketable candidate is Osinbajo.
The APC is yet to make a statement on the zoning of the presidential slot to a particular geopolitical region, though there is a clamour to move it to the southern part of the country where Osinbajo hails from.
Ajulo stated: “We need to distinguish the office of the Vice President and the personality of Professor Yemi Osinbajo. As it is, his running for this election is non-negotiable,” he said.
“I can say that authoritatively and I think those in the presidency are listening. He has that fundamental right of the first refusal to that ticket, particularly being the vice president of the country.
“If he can be Vice President for so long, he should be the next President. I want to believe that the leadership of the party should believe that that is the position.
“Most of the governors in APC and PDP are even supporting the aspiration of the Vice President, this is so clear.”
He also faulted a claim by APC member, Daniel Bwala, that Osinbajo will not be contesting for presidency in 2023.