Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is said to have informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his desire to run for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket in next year’s election.
According to a storey published Monday by the Daily Trust, Osinbajo approached the president to inform him of his ambition to succeed him when his term ends in May next year.
The newspaper reported: “Certainly, VP Osinbajo has told the president that he wants to succeed him,” one of our sources said.
“The vice president had first consulted some prominent Nigerians who encouraged him to vie for the presidency and they also encouraged him to tell the president himself.
“They told him not to allow a third party to tell the president so that the ambition will not be misconstrued,” he said.
The report quoted another source who revealed that Buhari did not express surprise when the vice president broached the topic to him.
“Buhari smiled in his usual characteristic manner…he listened to the VP carefully and while responding, he gave him the green light and wished him well without giving him any commitment or assurance of supporting him ahead of other contenders.
