A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Daniel Bwala has claimed that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is not interested in vying for the 2023 presidency.
He added that Osinbajo also does not want to contest against former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, under whom he served as Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice.
According to him, it would be “injurious” to the vice president to contest against his ex-principal.
Bwala made the claim on Channels TV’s Politics Today programme on Tuesday.
In January, National Leader of APC, Tinubu informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his intention to vie for the nation’s top office.
Although some interest groups have urged him to contest for the presidency, Osinbajo has yet to make his intentions.
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Speaking on Tuesday, Bwala said, “Yemi Osinbajo is not running for President. He is not interested.
“I think I know the wisdom behind why VP Osinbajo is not running and he is shooting down every attempt to point towards that.
“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.”
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