10th April, 2022
Barring any unforeseen circumstance, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will announce his interest in the 2023 presidential race on Monday 11 April.
One of the multitude of groups campaigning for his presidential run , announced this on Facebook today.
“Professor Yemi Osinbajo has Accepted the Clarion call From Nigerian’s to Serve”, said Osinbajo Volunteers Movement Ovm2023.
“Our Homes, Market Places, Schools, Worship Centers, motor Parks will will Feel the Presence of Hope….Join the Moving Train”, it said.
The announcement ends all uncertainties about whether the professor of law and pastor will join the race.
The earlier declaration by his former boss, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was initially thought to be a stumbling block.
But such consideration was trashed after he said he would make his plan known when INEC gives the go ahead for the presidential campaign.
Ahead of the declaration, Osinbajo held a consultative meeting with the 22 governors of the All Progressives Congress today.
And his many volunteer groups have been on a national campaign spreading his message, consulting monarchs and opinion moulders about his ambition.
In many posts in recent times, his campaigners have teased about the countdown to the declaration.
A video of a drumming group is also in circulation, its message being: Only Osinbajo can get Nigeria moving forward.