Osinbajo has moved on after failed presidential gambit – Laolu Akande
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has moved on after losing the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress last year. Laolu Akande, the spokesperson for Osinbajo, stated this while appearing as a guest on Channels television.
He said, “What is important is that you take the step you want to take in the best interest of the people. Public interest is the overriding factor,” he said.
“You couldn’t have been vice-president for eight years, and the kind of vice-president that he has been, and how much work that has been done.
“The level of understanding that you have acquired in terms of what has to be done and the capacity he has demonstrated when he had the opportunity to act for the president.
“And he has inspired tens and scores of millions of Nigerians with his leadership style. People see him as a representation of a new Nigeria. All of these can’t be in place and he just walks away.
“He did what he needed to do and the party made the decision and he just has to move on after doing the right thing.”
TheCornet had reported that Osinbajo lost the ticket to Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who went on to win the presidential race and expected to be sworn in on May 29.
After losing the ticket, Osinbajo exempted himself from his party’s presidential campaigning and has rarely publicly identified with the president-elect.
