“How Buhari stopped my plan to ask the EFCC to investigate the allegations of fraud against me”, Osinbajo

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Yemi Osinbajo, Vice President of Nigeria, said he was once very angry at a serious fraud allegation made against him. then told him not to worry about allegations and rumors from unserious people

Abuja – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo once said he tried to file a complaint against him with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

But Osinbajo said on Friday, December 23 that when he took the matter to President Muhammadu, the president asked him not to worry about baseless allegations fabricated by troublemakers, reports The Cable.

Osinbajo said Buhari stopped him from taking over the case (Photo: Buhari Sallau) Source: Facebook

The vice president noted that the president managed to calm him down because the allegations infuriated him.

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Osinbajo recalled:

One day I went to see him because there were allegations being made against me, he said. And I was so angry; so I went to see him to show him the letter I had written to the EFCC to investigate. He looked at him and looked at me because he calls me VP or professor depending on his mood. This time he said, VP, why are you worried about all these people? These people are just making all kinds of allegations, they’re making up all kinds of stories…”APC Primary: 7 Crucial Reasons Why Osinbajo Lost Hotly Contested Election

Some underlying factors contributed to the defeat of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in the just-concluded All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary which took place in Eagle Square, Abuja on Wednesday, June 8.

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In this article, Legit.ng has put together some of the circumstances that informed Osinbajo’s loss in the primary.

Lack of Norse influence

Although he is the second citizen of Nigeria and as such very powerful, Osinbajo does not actually exert much influence in the north compared to certain presidential aspirants of the APC including Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

The track record of Nigerian politics shows that whoever wins the support of the region is closest to winning elections at the national level.

Source: Legit.ng

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