Why Buhari Wants Yemi Osibajo As His Running Mate
A party source, who was privy to the meeting held on Tuesday by the
party’s leaders regarding the choice of a running mate for Buhari, said
the former head of state rejected the zonal politics that have
accompanied the choice of his running mate, ThisDay reports.
The source revealed that Buhari opted for the former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State, Professor Yemi Osibajo, because he is a pastor of the Redeemed Church, whose Christian congregants Buhari and the APC are targeting in the 2015 presidential election.
It was further gathered that Osibajo’s name is expected to be announced today, December 17, as the party’s vice-presidential candidate.
Meanwhile, all political parties participating in the 2015 general polls have till the end of today to submit the name of candidates vying for various political offices to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
However, Osibajo emerged from an expanded list of Christian vice-presidential hopefuls from the South after a meeting of the leadership of the party last night in Abuja.
At the meeting, Buhari and the party’s National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, were handed the task of choosing a running mate for the party from the array of candidates jostling for the office following the inability of one of the party’s leaders, Bola Tinubu to pick a running mate from the South West zone.
Oyegun, however, confirmed that the running mate to its presidential candidate will be made public today before the close of INEC’s deadline. He said the party has already mandated Buhari to announce his running mate.
The party chairman further explained that the delay in announcing the party’s vice presidential candidate was not intentional.
“It is not delaying. The candidate will speak with you people. I have a feeling that he will speak with you tomorrow. The party has consulted with the candidate and has reached an agreement and he will address you on it today,” he said.
It would be recalled that Buhari was declared the winner of the APC presidential primaries held at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere, Lagos, western Nigeria on December 10-11, 2014.
Meanwhile, as the issue of the running mate lingers on, a Nigerian human rights group appealed to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to bring charges against APC presidential aspirant Buhari for
The source revealed that Buhari opted for the former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State, Professor Yemi Osibajo, because he is a pastor of the Redeemed Church, whose Christian congregants Buhari and the APC are targeting in the 2015 presidential election.
It was further gathered that Osibajo’s name is expected to be announced today, December 17, as the party’s vice-presidential candidate.
Meanwhile, all political parties participating in the 2015 general polls have till the end of today to submit the name of candidates vying for various political offices to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
However, Osibajo emerged from an expanded list of Christian vice-presidential hopefuls from the South after a meeting of the leadership of the party last night in Abuja.
At the meeting, Buhari and the party’s National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, were handed the task of choosing a running mate for the party from the array of candidates jostling for the office following the inability of one of the party’s leaders, Bola Tinubu to pick a running mate from the South West zone.
Oyegun, however, confirmed that the running mate to its presidential candidate will be made public today before the close of INEC’s deadline. He said the party has already mandated Buhari to announce his running mate.
The party chairman further explained that the delay in announcing the party’s vice presidential candidate was not intentional.
“It is not delaying. The candidate will speak with you people. I have a feeling that he will speak with you tomorrow. The party has consulted with the candidate and has reached an agreement and he will address you on it today,” he said.
It would be recalled that Buhari was declared the winner of the APC presidential primaries held at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere, Lagos, western Nigeria on December 10-11, 2014.
Meanwhile, as the issue of the running mate lingers on, a Nigerian human rights group appealed to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to bring charges against APC presidential aspirant Buhari for
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