2023: Group Lobbies Governors, Obas, Business Moguls, Others for Osinbajo
- A political pressure group in the southwest region of the country has asked all the elites in Yorubaland to support Osinbajo as the next president of the country
- According to the group, the vice president has demonstrated capacity and capability to re-invent the wheel of progress for national growth and development
- The group further asked a former Lagos state governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to take a backseat and endorse the candidacy of Osinbajo
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FCT, Abuja - A group has counselled governors, traditional rulers, business, and political elites in the southeast region of the country to carefully weigh various options and consider backing Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo in 2023 as the next president of Nigeria.
The group, South West Movement for Osinbajo (SOWEMOVE), presented a report and copies of correspondence with several Obas and other eminent personalities in the southwest to the director of operations of The Progressive Project (TPP), Alhaji Aliyu Usman Aliyu in Abuja.
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The correspondence which was presented to the Alhaji Aliyu on Saturday, November 6, according to the group, is geared towards the efforts towards making Osinbajo the successor to President Muhammadu Buhari.
In his brief response, Alhaji Aliyu Usman Alhaji explained that the TPP is going to be an umbrella organisation for all Nigerian groups at home and abroad who are canvassing for the success of All Progressives Congress (APC) and that of Professor Osinbajo in the 2023 elections.
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He said:
“Our progressive cause is borne out of conviction and devoid of negative sentiments that becloud politics in most parts of the Third World; we objectively see Vice President Osinbajo as the best towards sustaining the legacies of President Muhammadu Buhari and moving Nigeria forward.”
Copies of the November 2, 2021 letters written by the pro-APC group to southwest Obas, business, and political elites is titled '2023: Appeal to South-West Elders/Leaders' and signed by both its coordinator, Abioye Akerele, and secretary, Olugbenga Byron.
Copies of the letters emphatically stated that Nigeria’s presidency may elude the southwest in 2023 if any wrong move such as failure to seriously consider total backing for Osinbajo happens.
Part of the letter read:
“If current realities are not adequately weighed, using the wisdom of elders like you, the southwest may play itself out of the power equation in 2023.”
Reeling out names of past and present political icons in the southwest, the group described Osinbajo as the most excellent while describing APC leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as an outstanding leader who can further advance national interest by endorsing Osinbajo.
The letter continued:
“In the light of the above, we believe that our revered Obas across Yorubaland, the APC governors in the southwest, all Yoruba political elites, business moguls, and leaders of thought should now rise to prevail on Asiwaju to invest his political capital in the person of Vice President Osinbajo, in the overall interest of the Yoruba people.
“We cannot afford to keep distracting ourselves with wrong steps and faulty strategy at the risk of neglecting the very core of our geopolitical zone’s priority of regaining power at the centre and actualizing further positive impacts for ourselves and the entire federation come 2023.
“Professor Osinbajo has the requisite character, capacity, capability, and the intellect to run Nigeria to the satisfaction of the generality of the Nigerian populace.
“We believe strongly that Professor Osinbajo is our sure bet for 2023 in the entire southwest and we need Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the principal game-changer to support this bid.
“We, therefore, plead earnestly that our leaders and elders in the southwestern zone must not allow the conflicting interest of a few to destroy the very bright political chances of our entire region in the 2023 presidential election.”
2023: Northern Youth Group Vows to Mobilise 20 Million Votes for Osinbajo
Meanwhile, a northern youth group, Osinbajo Awareness Campaign (OAC), has launched a campaign to galvanise support for the vice president ahead of the 2023 presidential election.
The group recently unveiled a platform to mobilise 20 million youths across the 19 northern states and Federal Capital Territory in solidarity with Osinbajo.
Speaking at the launch of its Kano secretariat and campaign vehicles on Sunday, October 17, the national coordinator of the group, Mubarak Haruna declared that Nigeria needs a highly patriotic and genuinely detribalised leader like Osinbajo who can drive the country to greater heights.
Group Says Osinbajo is Best Qualified to Consolidate the Legacies of Buhari
In a related development, the Progressive Consolidation Group (PCG) has insisted that Osinbajo is the best-qualified person to succeed President Buhari in 2023.
The group made this known via its convener, Aliyu Kurfi, in a letter to the National Caretaker Committee Chairman of the APC and Yobe state governor, Mai Mala Buni.
The letter dated Friday, October 8, and seen by Legit.ng, was in response to the APC's recognition of the PCG as a support group within the party.
Source: Legit.ng
