2023 presidency is in womb of time; count me out of current permutations-Osinbajo

Vice-president Yemi Osinbajo has declared that permutations for the 2023 presidency at this time are mere distractions.

He said he had yet to declare his interest to participate in the presidential race.

Osinbajo was reacting to a website that had been built for that purpose by a volunteer group, insinuating him into an early interest and headstart for the ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

A statement issued by Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity,
Office of the Vice President, on Monday, to disclaim his purported link with the site and the group is reproduced hereunder.

2023 PERMUTATIONS A DISTRACTION, OSINBAJO HAS NOT DECLARED INTEREST IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE

The attention of the Office of the Vice President has been drawn to a website: supportosinbajo.ng that is calling on Nigerians to join a volunteer group mobilizing support for Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, ahead of the 2023 presidential election.

Details of this website and the solicitation of the group are currently trending on WhatsApp with a suggestion that Prof. Osinbajo has “quietly” declared interest in the 2023 election.

The Office of the Vice President is not in any way connected to this website or the group behind it and considers such an enterprise an unnecessary distraction. Prof. Osinbajo has not declared any interest whatsoever in the 2023 election, but he is rather focused on working in his capacity as Vice President in the current administration to address all the compelling issues in the country and concerns of Nigerians, including finding effective and lasting solutions to the security challenges.

Therefore, we ask that people desist from such unhelpful permutations while we all deal together with the challenges confronting us as Nigerians, and resolve them for the benefit of our people, peace, and prosperity in the land.