A former governor of Niger State, Muazu Babangida Aliyu, has described Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo as the best candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 presidential election.
He said any “riff-raff or moneybags” will not get to the highest office in the land, even if they bring out money.
The former governor and Chairman Board of Trustees of Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation made this remark at the 2022 annual lecture of the foundation in Kano State.
“Mr Vice President, do you know you are the best candidate in your party?” he said, describing Osinbajo as the only candidate that knows the country and has the acceptance of everyone across the country regardless of tribe and religion.
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Aliyu, who is of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), said they will not allow “riff raffs” to take over power even if they bring all the money in this world.
The Emir of Lafia, Justice Sidi Bage (rtd), the guest speaker at the event, also spoke glowingly of the vice president, promising the support of Nasarawa State to him.
“Mr. Vice President, wherever you go, we will follow,” he added.
Daily Trust reports that Vice President Osinbajo was in attendance when both Aliyu and Bage made their remarks but did not make reference to their comments when he delivered his speech.
Osinbajo is yet to officially declare interest in running for the presidency but his loyalists at the weekend launched a campaign in Kano for his candidacy.
The Kano State governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje is, however, believed to be rooting for the candidacy of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the national leader of the party, and political godfather of the vice president.
