List of Set of People Happy With Osinbajo’s Declaration To Run for Presidency

List of Set of People Happy With Osinbajo’s Declaration To Run for Presidency

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has on Monday, April 11 formally declared his intention to run for President in 2023. His declaration has really excited some people .

His declaration ends months of speculation over his interest in the 2023 presidential race and widens the pool of candidates for the position.

Set of people happy with Osinbajo's declaration to run for presidency
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has on Monday, April 11 formally declared his intention to run for President in 2023. Photo: Yemi Osinbajo
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It also puts him in direct confrontation with his former boss in Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who signalled his intention earlier in the year.

He said:

“I am today, with utmost humility, formally declaring my intention to run for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the platform of our great party, the All Progressives Congress."

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His declaration has really excited some people . Here are such set of people.

1. Osinbajo's supporters, friends and cronies

The declaration has come as a thing of excitement to supporters, friends and cronies of the vice president. Following the declaration, they jubilantly shared any positive news relating to the vice president. One of such friends is respected writer, Richard Akinnola.

The Ondo state born Akinnola is a friend of the VP and has been teasing the declaration of Osinbajo weeks before the final declaration.

2. PDP members

Another set of people that will be happy with Osinbajo's declaration are some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Some of them are of the opinion that the VP is a walkover for any candidate that emerged on the platform of their political party.

3. Tinubu's political enemies

The prospect of Tinubu not becoming the APC candidate will be good news to his political enemies and any challenge to his chances of clinching the APC presidential ticket will be a welcome development to them.

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Reverberations trailed the declaration of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari.

This has however shown that there would be a titanic showdown during the primary election of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as it selects its presidential candidate.

Osinbajo's declaration also means he will be pitched against his former principal, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu who claimed it is his lifelong ambition to become the president of the country.

List of 4 set of people that are not happy with Osinbajo's declaration

The recent declaration of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has not gone down well with some set of Nigerians. Many of these people are not happy based on their own political associations or certain beliefs.

Analysts have said the candidacy of Professor Yemi Osinbajo would divide the Southwest governors and indeed the ruling APC, especially the chances of a southern president.

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From reactions on social media, it can be deduced that many people are not happy with Osinbajo over his declaration.

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