I served Tinubu, others in their difficult moments –Osinbajo

 

.Ogun ‘ll support your ambition, Abiodun assures VP

Michael-Azeez Ogunsiji

ABEOKUTA – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday in Abeokuta insisted that he served meritoriously former Lagos state governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and others in their difficult moments.

 

Osinbajo during a courtesy visit to the Alake and Paramount Ruler of Egbaland in Abeokuta waved aside the betrayal toga from a faction of the APC, saying he never betrayed those he served in his previous appointments.

 

Daily Champion recalled that, VP Osinbajo served under former Attorney General of the federation, Prince Bola Ajibola in 1988 as Special Adviser and under former Lagos State Governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Commissioner for Justice.

 

The VP said he was not in the state to campaign, but to inform his people of his intention to run for the office of the president.

 

Prof. Osinbajo said he had consulted widely across all sections of the society, including with President Muhammadu Buhari before he threw his hat into the ring to succeed his boss.

 

Recounting his contributions to the present federal government, Osinbajo said he was actively involved in the judiciary reforms and its repositioning to work optimally, and ensure that judges are adequately enumerated.

 

He said his working with President Buhari has exposed him to governance at the highest level and placed him in a position to tackle serious issues concerning economy, security, among others.

 

“The Vice President position is an opportunity to serve and I have served with utmost loyalty. I put everything into my work. I am a candidate who will hit the ground running when I am elected.

 

“I have the requisite knowledge to do the job and building on what others have put in place. My presidency will bring peace, unity and development to the country”, the VP said.

 

“When the opportunity now arouse for me whether to decide or not to run as president of Nigeria, I have only one question to ask myself, whether I will be faithful to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, to serve with all my heart, that is the only question I ask myself and because I have served others, I have served in various capacities, I gave everything.

 

“There is no one out of those I’ve served under, for instance, I’ve served under Prince Bola Ajibola, when he was Attorney General, I was one of those four Advisers. I want to say that everyone of those people I have served was in their most difficult moment. I am not talking about when everything is doing well, but in their most difficult moments, moment even when their jobs were threatened and sometimes even when their lives were threatened, I was always with them.

 

“Sometimes, I was the only one standing with them, I cannot go into details for confidentiality reason, but that is the truth. Not one of them can in truth say I have not stood with them in their most difficult moments. Today, all that I am required to do, is to offer that same service, the same level of loyalty and humility to my nation, Nigeria, our generation and the generation coming.”

 

Meanwhile, Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun state, has declared that the state would support the presidential ambition of the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo to enable him continue with some of the laudable projects of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.

 

Speaking at a stakeholders meeting with the VP and held at the Akarigbo Palace  Sagamu, the Alake Palace in Abeokuta and the Presidential Lodge, Ibara, Abeokuta, as well as the Palace of Olu of Ilaro and Paramount ruler of Yewaland, Abiodun said Osinbajo in the last seven years, has contributed to the many successes recorded by the federal government, noting “he is eminently qualified to lead the country”.

 

“The Vice President present here is home coming. We are pleased with his decision to run for the office of the president. He is competent and committed to lead the country in a higher capacity.

 

Meanwhile, the Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has declared that the state would support the presidential ambition of the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo to enable him continue with some of the laudable projects of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.

 

Speaking at a stakeholders meeting with the VP and held at the Akarigbo Palace  Sagamu, the Alake Palace in Abeokuta and the Presidential Lodge, Ibara, Abeokuta, as well as the Palace of Olu of Ilaro and Paramount ruler of Yewaland, Abiodun said Osinbajo in the last seven years, has contributed to the many successes recorded by the federal government, noting “he is eminently qualified to lead the country”.

 

“The Vice President present here is home coming. We are pleased with his decision to run for the office of the president. He is competent and committed to lead the country in a higher capacity.

 

“Your steadfastness, integrity and character are all well known. You are serving this country and the president meritoriously for the last seven years as the vice president. We have no doubt that you will do well as the president and we will support you”, Abiodun stated.

 

The governor, who extolled the VP’s academic exploit, recalled how he stood behind his gubernatorial election and described him as a man who is interested in fairness, justice, equity and the Rule of Law.

 

In his speech, the VP said he was not in the state to campaign, but to inform his people of his intention to run for the office of the president.

 

Prof Osinbajo said he had consulted widely across all sections of the society, including with President Muhammadu Buhari before he threw his hat into the ring to succeed his boss.

 

Recounting his contributions to the present federal government, Osinbajo said he was actively involved in the judiciary reforms and its repositioning to work optimally, and ensure that judges are adequately enumerated.

 

He said his working with President Buhari has exposed him to governance at the highest level and placed him in a position to tackle serious issues concerning economy, security, among others.

 

“The Vice President position is an opportunity to serve and I have served with utmost loyalty. I put everything into my work. I am a candidate who will hit the ground running when I am elected.

 

“I have the requisite knowledge to do the job and building on what others have put in place. My presidency will bring peace, unity and development to the country”, the VP said.

 

“After all I have learnt if called upon to serve the nation, should I say No? I have decided that I will run for the office.  I have sworn an oath to the Federal Republic of Nigeria.  It is an oath to our people,  our children and the future of Nigeria.  I owe nobody else any allegiance outside the oath”, he added.

 

Osinbajo, however, commended Abiodun-led administration for the giant strides it has recorded in the last three years, expressing the hope that his quest to lead the country would be fruitful.

 

The and Paramount Ruler of Remoland, Oba Babatunde Ajayi, in his remarks, posited that the vice president was competent with the required qualification to lead the nation, observing that his performance as the acting president is there for all to see.

 

Speaking on the ambition of the Vice President, the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, attested to the competence of Osinbajo, saying: “the vice president has paid his dues and is eminently qualified to succeed as President.

 

“I want to pray that you will come back to this Palace as a President and Nigeria will be gain tremendously under your watch”, Alake said.