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A veteran journalist, Mustapha Ogunsakin has recounted how Vice President Yemi Osinbajo rejected former President, Olusegun Obasanjo’s offer to become Attorney-General of the Federal in 2005.
Ogunsakin said Osinbajo rejected Obasanjo’s offer and stayed loyal to Bola Tinubu, who was then governor of Lagos State.
Osinbajo served eight years as Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State when Tinubu was the governor between 1999 and 2007.
However, Ogunsakin said Obasanjo made the offer following Osinbajo’s sterling qualities as then Commissioner.
The veteran journalist disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Abuja yesterday.
He was reacting to reactions trailing Osinbajo’s presidential declaration.
Following his declaration, Osinbajo was accused of betraying Tinubu who is also running for the Presidency.
Dismissing this claim, Ogunsakin said: “In 2005, President Obasanjo invited Osinbajo to take appointment as the Attorney-General of the Federation after Chief Akin Olujimi left office. Obasanjo saw the sterling qualities and performance that…
