By Bright Okuta

Supporters of presidential candidates seeking approval in the 2023 presidential election seem to have one thing in common and that is referencing Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to bolster their candidates’ chances.

Six months after the APC primary election, Vice President Osinbajo’s name is still floating in the tongues of political campaigners and observers in Nigeria. As the campaign for the 2023 presidential election takes its turn, many Nigerians are talking about the Vice President’s impact on the 2023 politics.

Supporters of the All Progressives Congress candidate are making moves to get Osinbajo into the campaign train of Bola Tinubu. This is chiefly because he has set a bar so high that they could not resist his influence in the campaign and they could not neglect the millions of his loyal supporters.

Osinbajo’s eloquence, composure, and ability to articulate his points in the smoothest fashion are missing from his party’s campaign so far and those are reasons why many party members and even the opposition keep making references to him.

The three leading presidential candidates are Bola Tinubu of APC; Atiku Abubakar of PDP and Peter Obi of Labour Party

In the Labour Party camp, supporters of Peter Obi are making huge efforts to ally with Osinbajo, the ‘Star Boy’. His speech about Nigeria moving from consumption to production was tactically used as an adroit way to tag him along with the Obidient movement even though this is not the first time he is saying it.

They claim the Vice President, by saying that has fully endorsed Peter Obi and it is why he used one of Obi’s political campaign points, which is transforming Nigeria from a consumption nation to a productive nation.

These supporters understand that Osinbajo is carrying a unique wave of force that cannot be matched by even the strongest resistance. He has succeeded to build his reputation so high that all the major candidates contesting the 2023 presidential election want to form a dalliance with him so they could stand a chance for the presidential seat.

The supporters of the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, also make reference to Osinbajo from time to time. Citing his principles and ideals as the main reason it would have been easier for him to win the presidential election if he were the APC candidate.

Young educated Nigerians who are passionate about good governance are the fulcrum of support of the Vice President. On Twitter, they talk about the Vice President every day about how Nigeria missed a golden opportunity to have the star boy fly the APC ticker.

Beyond his performance in the current administration, they saw a shining light in him that aligns with what Nigerians need in this critical period of its existence. They could tell that the Vice President is the directional eye of this administration. The man who took the cumbersome load of his administration very personally, and also took blows for even responsibilities that were not within the confines of his office or power.

Osinbajo has set an indelible bar in the politics of Nigeria.

He works with bright ideas and Sui generis approaches to tackling issues. It is uncommon for Nigerians to put so much trust and confidence in a Vice President whose job is major what his principal dictates for him.

But with Osinbajo, the case is different. And this is to say he has set a standard worth emulating.

https://www.chronicle.ng/2022/11/osinbajo-reference-point-2023-election/

Eiyaa,

The way they treated this man is not good o. His supporters will surely vote against Tinubu in protest. A massive gain for Peter Obi who has a lot in common with Osinbajo.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is the standard

This is so true. I keep seeing tweets from especially APC and Labour Party e-rats trying their best to attribute this and that to Osinbajo hoping it will help their candidates. Well, I have news for them. Osinbajo is not an agbado fan, neither does he tell lies like that Osayin. He is simply the standard and no one comes close.

Man has set the standard so high that all parties want to align with him

I vehemently supported Prof. Yemi Osinbajo during the APC presidential primaries cos I know he has every character, competence, capacity and most importantly the on hand knowledge to preside over the affairs of this country.

However as the campaign for 2023 proceeds I now begin to see why the political class of the APC opted for Jagaban. They needed someone with the political sagacity,clout & superior coordination aside the basic requirements to win an election.

Na so e go be na.

PresidObi:
Eiyaa,

The way they treated this man is not good o. His supporters will surely vote against Tinubu in protest. A massive gain for Peter Obi who has a lot in common with Osinbajo.

A lot in common? How?

PYO no dey import products from abroad come dey sell am for naija or scamming his follower he saying e go take Nigeria from production to consumption. Your Obi is the biggest scamer in Nigeria currently. Even Igbo won't vote for him because igbos are never United. We have seen this many and countless times

APC made a huge mistake by not voting Osinbajo has their presidential candidate. Osinbajo is very very sweet to sell. A good leader I Stan

Well he now speaks in a manner that shows that APC is a scam and to align with the people.

TheRareGem1:


A lot in common? How?

Two of them knows where they went to school and can remember whom their classmates were.

A party that has such highly cerebral and detribalised Nigerian decided to leave him and hand ticket to a dead brain with many baggages.

We will reject APC totally come February 2023

Tilumbu the greedy man.

Aufbauh:
I vehemently supported Prof. Yemi Osinbajo during the APC presidential primaries cos I know he has every character, competence, capacity and most importantly the on hand knowledge to preside over the affairs of this country.

However as the campaign for 2023 proceeds I now begin to see why the political class of the APC opted for Jagaban. They needed someone with the political sagacity,clout & superior coordination aside the basic requirements to win an election.

They also needed a drug baron with no history so they can push him aside for shettima.

Who know like better thing. A good name, Professor Yemi Osinbajo is better than silver and gold.

Professor Yemi Osinbajo is a good that ever happen in Nigeria, we should hold him with care.

There's a special grace that follows Osinbajo and I belive we will have him as president one day , but for now APC market hard to sell their ticket stinks!!!