Naija News
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze has lampooned Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo for joining the the the 2023 presidential race.
The VP’s expression of interest in the seat of power, according to Eze, is a show of betrayal to the person of Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Naija News reports that APC National leader, Tinubu could be termed as a political godfather to Osinbajo.
The former Governor of Lagos State is believed to have in 2014 nominated Osinbajo to be the running mate of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Before the nomination, Osinbajo had served eight years as Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos when Tinubu was the governor between 1999 and 2007.
Osinbajo had in several interviews earlier, denied having an interest in succeeding his principal in 2023.
The Vice President, however, ended speculations last Monday when he announced he will be running for the office of the president in the forthcoming elections.
Reacting in a statement he signed and made available to newsmen on Sunday, Eze said the declaration of Osinbajo “is a clear tale of treachery perpetrated against Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a former Lagos State Governor, a man whose political career is built upon demanding unctuous loyalty from his allies and who now feels wounded over the shabby betrayal of a Senior Advocate, who rode to power through his large wings of political magnanimity.”
Eze who claimed to have read through the VP’s speech in writing, said his reasons for joining the race are flimsy and watery…
