Osinbajo reportedly informs President Buhari of his intention to run for President in 2023

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has reportedly informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his intention to run for President in 2023.

DailyTrust reports that the VP told the president of his desire to take over from him at the expiration of his tenure in 2023 to consolidate the achievements they recorded since they took over from the opposition PDP in 2015. 

The vice president will struggle for the ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) with the likes of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu who had a few months ago visited the Presidential Villa where he told Buhari of his intention to succeed him. 

“Certainly, VP Osinbajo has told the president that he wants to succeed him. The vice president had first consulted some prominent Nigerians who encouraged him to vie for the presidency and they also encouraged him to tell the president himself. They told him not to allow a third party to tell the president so that the ambition will not be misconstrued” a presidential source was quoted as saying

Another source said when Osinbajo approached the president with the story, Buhari was not surprised. 

“Buhari smiled in his usual characteristic manner…he listened to the VP carefully and while responding, he gave him the green light and wished him well without giving him any commitment or assurance of supporting him ahead of other contenders. 

He blessed the intention just the way he blessed Tinubu when he visited him in the Villa and unveiled his plan to vie for the presidency.  And I think the president is being careful. Remember what he said while granting an interview to a national television.” 

Osinbajo is yet to make his intention known publicly.