Breaking: IBB endorses Osinbajo for 2023

Former military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has thrown his weight behind the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osibanjo to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.

He said Prof. Yemi Osibanjo has all the pedegree required to succeed the present administration of his boss describing the Vice President as a man of honour and integrity.

Receiving the Grassroot Movement for Osinbajo for 2023 (GMFO), on a courtesy visit to his uphill villa in Minna, at the weekend, Babangida stated that Osibanjo has all it take to move Nigeria to the next pedestal, stressing the need for all Nigerians to support the aspiration of Professor Yemi Osibanjo, come 2023.

According to the former military President, the Vice President is a well versatile man that has the good reputation expected of a leader, adding that he knew Prof. Osibanjo to be a man of impeacable integrity and it will not be out of place, if Nigerians at all levels could support this movement in the overall interest of the country.

He noted that the Vice President has a great passion for the progress and unity of this great country, stressing that with the person of Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as the President of Nigeria in 2023, the country would witness the needed peace, unity and socio political and economic development expected of the country.

“I know the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo very well. Prof Osinbajo is a very good person. He has a passion for this country.

“It will not be out of place if Nigerians at all levels should throw their support behind the aspiration of Prof. Osibanjo presidential aspiration in 2023.” the former military president told his visitors.

He then admonished the group to intensify their movement to all the nook and crannies of the country and embark on agrresive sensitization programme that will enhance the support of all Nigerians, regardless of tribe and religious inclinations.

Speaking earlier, the National coordinator of the Grassroot Movement for Osinbajo 2023 and a Former federal lawmaker, Hon. Hafizu Kawu told the former military President that they were in his residence to request for his fatherly blessing toward actualising the presidential aspiration of the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osibanjo in 2023.

He stated that their support for the presidential aspiration of the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo in 2023 was borne out of their beliefs in his reputation and the integrity he built for himself in the present administration from 2015 to date.

He said as the Vice President to Muhammadu Buhari, he has displayed a high level of loyalty and sincerity to his boss, assuring that with the level of his commitment to the progress of the country, their movement hold Prof. Osinbajo in the high esteem.

He noted that Prof. Yemi Osibanjo as a detribalised Nigerian and a person that was so passionate about the unity and peaceful coexistence of the country.

“it will not be out of place for him to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari, come 2023.”

He commended and appreciated the former military president for receiving them and promised to call again for further advice that will move the movement to actualise the aspiration of the Vice President Prof. Yemi Osibanjo in 2023.