2023: Slandering Osinbajo won't stop the will of God - SYC

2023: Slandering Osinbajo won't stop the will of God - SYC

- A group, Southwest Youth Congress, says Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is the target of a campaign of calumny

- The group stated that the vice president is being targeted because of his perceived interest n becoming president in 2023

- The SYC stated that no amount of gimmicks or lies that can stop Professor Osinbajo from becoming Nigeria's president if God so wills

The Southwest Youth Congress (SYC) has lamented over what it described as “the ongoing onslaught against the person of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.”

The group in a statement sent to journalists on Thursday, September 26, said: “the campaign of calumny against a decent character like the vice president would not hold water in the eyes of right-thinking Nigerians.”

The statement was signed by Comrade Bamise Akintomide, leader of the Ondo state chapter of the group.

“While we are confident that the perceived threat against Professor Osinbajo bears the imprints of a desperate cabal's wicked strategy for relevance, sadly they have also enlisted the support of agents of calumny of an equally desperate opposition.

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“It is our considered opinion that such a campaign of calumny against a decent character like the Vice President will not hold water in the eyes of right-thinking Nigerians,” he said.

He continued: “We do know that the orchestrated allegations against Professor Osinbajo, especially the baseless accusation of misusing a non-existent 90 billion naira campaign fund, are all targeted at achieving the singular objective of dissuading the vice president from considering the idea of running for the presidency in 2023.

“While Mr. Vice President has not told anyone that he will be running for office in 2023, the South West Youth Congress will like to emphasize that the leadership shown by Professor Osinbajo over the period he has worked alongside President Muhammadu Buhari to pilot the affairs of this country have proven his capacity for effective and result-driven governance, and it is our hope and desire that come 2023 he is on the ballot to run for the highest office in the land.

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“If he decides to contest, it's our belief that he is immensely qualified and therefore he has our support and deserves the support of all well-meaning Nigerians.

“While it's true that there is no amount of gimmicks or lies that can stop Professor Osinbajo from becoming Nigeria's president if God so wills.”

The group called on all stakeholders and political leaders in the southwest “to be circumspect and unite in support of the vice president who has displayed the attributes of competence and loyalty, both of which have brought honor to the entire Yoruba race and the southwest region.”

Similarly, the apex body of the Yoruba youths, Yoruba Council of Youths Worldwide (YCYW) has raised an alarm over what it says is a plot to foist northern oligarchy on the nation.

This was made known by the president of the council, Aremo Oladotun Hassan, while speaking to journalists in Lagos on Monday, September 23.

Hassan said the news making rounds on the surreptitious humiliation of the office of Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is targeted at weakening the highest political office exclusively and democratically meant for the south-western people of Nigeria.

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