Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has disassociated himself from a website tagged: supportosinbajo.ng that is calling on Nigerians to join a volunteer group mobilising support for him ahead of the 2023 Presidential election.
This was made known by Laolu Akande, his spokesman, in a statement issued on Monday.
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The statement denies the claim saying; “The attention of the Office of the Vice President has been drawn to a website:supportosinbajo.ng that is calling on Nigerians to join a volunteer group mobilizing support for Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, ahead of the 2023 presidential election.
“The Office of the Vice President is not in any way connected to this website or the group behind it and considers such an enterprise an unnecessary distraction.
”Prof. Osinbajo has not declared any interest whatsoever in the 2023 election, but he is rather focused on working in his capacity as Vice President in the current administration to address all the compelling issues in the country and concerns of Nigerians, including finding effective and lasting solutions to the security challenges.”
The spokesman also revealed that the details of this website and the solicitation of the group are currently trending on WhatsApp with a suggestion that Prof. Osinbajo has “quietly” declared interest in the 2023 election.
Akande asked those behind the ‘unhelpful permutations’ to desist from that.