BREAKING: Osinbajo drops presidential ambition for Tinubu

Vice President, Yemi Osinbanjo has reportedly dropped presidential ambition for Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2023 general elections.

 Mouthpiece NGR understands that this hint was revealed to THE WHISTLER by an aide who said he overheard the Vice President telling close associates and members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God who paid him an unofficial visit some days ago at the Presidential Villa.

The source also revealed that at Osinbajo’s visit to felicitate with Mr Bola Tinubu, the former Governor of Lagos and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, he sounded philosophical while eulogising Tinubu’s contribution to the political space and his influence on him.

According to him, “A lot of things would go wrong if anything had happened to you sir,” Osinbajo was quoted as saying to Tinubu, during that visit to Mr Tinubu’s country home at Bourdillon, Lagos State.

Although Mr Osinbajo has not declared publicly that he would vie for the topmost office in the land, his body language and the plethora of online media accounts promoting that ambition keep rising. He has also not denounced them.

Instead, many strategic groups promoting his candidacy keep emerging, describing him as best suited to take over from his boss after the expiration of their 8 years in office.

But a source revealed to THE WHISTLER over the weekend that in view of the political development in the South West, it would be a wrong calculation to state his interest publicly or keep people guessing.

This development, it was revealed, is due to the fact that Mr Tinubu has left no stone unturned to ensure he contests the presidential election.