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By Derrick Bangura
A veteran journalist, Mr. Mustapha Ogunsakin, has revealed how Vice President Yemi Osinbajo turned down President Olusegun Obasanjo’s offer to become the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice in 2005.
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Ogunsakin’s revelation, made available to newsmen at the weekend in Abuja, came as mixed reactions continued to trail Osinbajo’s declaration to run for the post of president in 2023.
There have been personal attacks on the vice president by some political opponents trying to brand him a betrayer because of his presidential ambition.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quoted Ogunsakin as saying in the statement that: “In 2005, President Obasanjo invited Osinbajo to take appointment as the Attorney-General of the Federation after Chief Akin Olujimi left office.
“Obasanjo saw the sterling qualities and performance that Osinbajo had as Attorney General of Lagos.
“The president without informing Bola Tinubu, the then Lagos State Governor, offered the post to Osinbajo who was then Lagos State Attorney-General.
“The first thing Osinbajo did was to inform his principal, Tinubu, who gave him a free hand to take his decision,” Ogunsakin said.
A veteran journalist, Mr. Mustapha Ogunsakin, has revealed how Vice President Yemi Osinbajo turned down President Olusegun Obasanjo’s offer to become the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice in 2005.
Ogunsakin’s revelation, made available to newsmen at the weekend in Abuja, came as mixed reactions continued to trail Osinbajo’s declaration to run for the post of president in 2023.
There have been personal attacks on the vice president by some political opponents trying to brand him a betrayer because of his presidential ambition.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quoted Ogunsakin as saying in the statement that: “In 2005, President Obasanjo invited Osinbajo to take appointment as the Attorney-General of the Federation after Chief Akin Olujimi left office.
“Obasanjo saw the sterling qualities and performance that Osinbajo had as Attorney General of Lagos.
“The president without informing Bola Tinubu, the then Lagos State Governor, offered the post to Osinbajo who was then Lagos State Attorney-General.
“The first thing Osinbajo did was to inform his principal, Tinubu, who gave him a free hand to take his decision,” Ogunsakin said.
