After
days of marathon meetings and horse-trading, the Presidential candidate
of the All Progressives Congress [APC], Muhammadu Buhari, has settled
for a former Attorney General of Lagos, Yemi Osinbajo, as his running
mate.
Mr. Yemi Osinbajo, 55, is a senior advocate of
Nigeria, and University of Lagos professor of commercial law who helped
rebuild the Lagos State judiciary as a national reference point as a
two-term attorney-general of the state. Mr. Osinbajo is also connected
to the powerful Awolowo political dynasty by marriage. He is married to
the Late Chief Awolowo’s grand daughter.
Osinbajo, a
top cleric in the powerful Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, and
the Chairman of the governing board of the Redeemer’s University, was
thought to be a powerful choice to match the Jonathan ticket that has
being playing to a christian constituency through serial pilgrimages,
and the subtle elevation of the status of the President of the Christian
Association of Nigeria to a virtual presidential adviser’s status.
The
ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and many of its campaign
slogans have sought to milk the deficit implicit in a possible
Muslim-Muslim ticket.
Party leaders, offering insight on the
vice presidential pick, said “Yes, it has been agreed that Osinbajo
should be the one, it was finally agreed last night. There is going to
be a press conference to present him today.
Credit: Festus Owete/PremiumTimes
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