Prof Osinbajo hails from Ogun State, many observers have argued that winning the state; will be a reward for Osinbajo, whose campaign strategies during the build up to the election have been described as the most impacting and pragmatic. This is beyond that, this is breathtaking. This is a man doing what he loves to do for his country and its people. This is a man that sees no social or political barriers; in short, this is a man that has redefined our political space forever.
Ogun State has begun to mount pressure on citizens to cast their votes in the governorship and House of Assembly elections in favor of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates to honor Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, an indigene of the state.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is connecting with people like never before; this is a trait he is known for, right from the days when he was not yet VP. His door-to-door campaign and regular engagements with all relevant stakeholders in all towns and cities he visited, He went directly to those who vote, and he interacted with them and felt their pulse. It’s never happened before in Nigeria history that the Vice President will visit a citizen who lives in the rural area.
Prof Osinbajo is always on the move to improve direct communication between government and the people, over the years it has become his signature style. Now members of the opposition are embracing this same style by embarking on door-to-door campaigns but it’s obvious that they have no connection, no chemistry, they simply just do it for the cameras.
A Mass Communication Scholar, Dr. Sunday Aniyi described the house to house campaign embarked upon by Osinbajo as one of the best campaigns that have ever been run in Nigeria.
Aniyi, who projected that the Vice President may take his party to the victory on Saturday, said the campaign must have unlocked many hearts.
Ogun State born Marketing Communications expert and political analyst, Mr. Hakeem Olarewaju Adenekan has argued that the state is dicey, adding that no politician can confidently beat his or her chest that one of the parties would win the election.
“As things stand in Ogun, it is difficult for anybody to predict where the pendulum will swing because nobody can do the permutation and arrive at who will win the state on Saturday among Dapo Abiodun of All Progressives Congress, Adekunle Akinlade of the Allied Peoples Movement and others.
Though Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will not be the direct beneficiary of Saturday’s election, it is believed in some quarters that the victory of his party All Progressive Congress (APC) in the Ogun State gubernatorial election will boost his political profile. Ms. Dhiqrah Yetunde Ogunnaike, a member of the APC mandate group in the state said it would be a shame for the country’s Number Two Citizen to go back to Abuja as a loser in his home state.
She said; “At this stage, I think our people should look beyond party divides in casting their votes. In the history of Nigeria, I don’t think there has been any Vice President that lost his state to opposition’’.
It never happened that a vice president lost his state to opposition, wayback from the late Alex Ekwueme in 1983 to Abubakar Atiku in 1999 and 2003, Goodluck Jonathan in 2007 and Namadi Sambo in 2011,
If APC fail to produce Ogun State Governor, it will not only embarrass the Vice President, it will weaken his negotiating power for the South West in the years ahead.
Ogun people should honor Vice President Osinbajo with their votes on Saturday by voting for Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
A Special Adviser in the presidency, Mr. Babafemi Ojudu, who was part of his campaign train, has described Prof. Osinbajo’s passion as second to none.
Prof Yemi Osinbajo is seen as a man of the people, always spreading happiness and love. We the Youths see ‘Our Starboy’ as one of our own guiding us towards to the next level.

An adaptation from Raheem Akingbolu's "In Osinbajo's Interest"