Tag: Politics

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday met with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.

ODUDUWA NEWS reports that Osinbajo had visited Ogun State for a high-level dialogue organised by the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA).

The dialogue tagged, ‘West Africa: Rising To The Challenge Of Consolidating Democratic Governance’, will hold at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta on Monday and Tuesday.

At exactly 10:24 am, Osinbajo’s chopper landed within the premises of the OOPL.

Escorted by the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, and others, Osinbajo was later received by Obasanjo as they proceeded to the venue prepared for the meeting.

Former Deputy Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Hon Lasun Yussuff, has defected from the All Progressives Congress.

Yussuff tendered his resignation letter at the APC Secretariat, Ogo-Oluwa, Osogbo, few minutes ago.

Details later.

Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing, says he is running for president of his home.

According to Tolu Ogunlesi, special assistant on digital/new media to President Muhammadu Buhari, Fashola said this when he was asked by a journalist about his plans for 2023.

Some support groups had taken campaigns to parts of the country, calling on him to run for president.

But the minister had denied having any affiliation with the support groups.

Hakeem Bello, an aide to Fashola, had said the minister was focused on delivering the mandate of his ministry and would not be distracted.

The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State seems to take a new dimension as ODUDUWA NEWS just gathered that early morning, on Friday 25th of March, Alhaji Abu Gbadamosi has been sworn in as parallel chairman of the party.

The swearing-in ceremony was held at Trans Wonderland Plc, popularly known as Amusement Park, Bodija, Ibadan.

The oath was administered on Gbadamosi by Barr. kehinde Owoade of MFN chambers.

Details later……..

According to him, an Osinbajo presidency would “plunge Nigeria into the depths of a smouldering religious volcano that will hasten its self-immolation.

“The US-based Nigerian social critic, Prof. Farooq Kperogi, has argued that there will be a religious civil war in the country if Vice President Yemi Osinbajo becomes president in 2023.

Although Osinbajo is yet to declare interest in the 2023 presidential race, it is believed that he is eyeing the country’s topmost political office.

In a lengthy article via his social media page on Monday, the professor of Journalism and Emerging Media at Kennesaw State University in Georgia kicked against Osinbajo’s rumoured presidential ambition.

According to him, an Osinbajo presidency would “plunge Nigeria into the depths of a smouldering religious volcano that will hasten its self-immolation.”

Deji Adeyanju, convener of Concerned Nigerian had claimed that Nigeria cannot survive another Yoruba Presidency in 2023.

Adeyanju said the Yoruba nation can’t produce Nigeria’s president because most of the country’s competent people are not in the southwest.

In a tweet, the rights activist said the Igbos should be allowed to produce Nigeria’s president in 2023.

He noted that power was not created for the Yoruba nation alone.

According to Adeyanju: “Nigeria will not survive what some tribalistic Yoruba people are planning for 2023. Igbo presidency must be on the table now. A Yoruba person can’t be president in 2023 because power will return to the North after another 8yrs. Igbos are Nigerians too.

“All the competent people are not in the South West. Power was not created for only Yoruba people. #Equity #Fairness #Justice”

From the southwest, Bola Tinubu has signified interest to run for the Presidency.

There are also speculations that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo may also run for the Presidency.

However, some political stakeholders have been clamouring for an Igbo presidency in 2023.

Ahead of the 2023 general election, the immediate past Governor of Gombe state, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo has visited his predecessor, Sen. Danjuma Goje at his Abuja residence to woo him back to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Dankwambo was accompanied by the Rivers state governor, Barr. Nyeson Wike, Senate Deputy minority leader, Sen. Philip Aduda, former Ekiti state Governor, Ayo Fayose, and former member of the house of Representatives, JC were earlier at the Asokoro House of Sen. Goje to wooe him back to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Daylight Reporters had gathered that, the meeting which was held under closed door, was to ostensibly lobby Sen. Goje to return back to the PDP. Goje, a former Minister of Power, was also a two times governor of Gombe State between 2003 to 2011 under the PDP before he was succeeded by Ibrahim Dankwambo.

The third time Senator representing Gombe Central Senatorial District, Goje has decamped to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC in the build up to the 2015 General election.

Vice president Yemi Osinbajo’s media aide Laolu Akande has debunked rumours that vice President Yemi Osinbajo has informed President Muhammadu Buhari about his Intention to contest for President in 2023 election. Laolu says the report is false and it is mere speculations.

ODUDUWA NEWS confirmed that Akande made it known in a WhatsApp message sent to AIT Correspondent, Yemi Adebayo on Monday said the report is not factual.

Some online media had reported that the vice president had informed the President of his Presidential ambition.

It claimed that credible sources close to the VP confirmed that Osinbajo told the president of his desire to take over from him at the expiration of his tenure in 2023 to consolidate the achievements they recorded since they took over from the opposition PDP in 2015.

As it stands, It is not clear whether or not the Vice President will throw his hat into the ring.

The office of the vice president had in a statement issued some months ago explained that The VP OSINBAJO will make his intentions known at the right time if he wants to contest the number one seat in the country.