Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has disowned his supporter, Olugbenga Olaoye, who referred to the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a sick person.
Professor Osinbajo, who had just declared his intention to run for the Presidential election in 2023, the same way Asiwaju Tinubu had also declared, said: “I am not even aware of the so-called Osinbajo Think Tank he purports to represent.”
His spokesman, Laolu Akande, in his official twitter page, quoted the Vice President, saying that Olugbenga does not represent the office of the Vice President nor his campaign team and should be ignored.
The tweet reads: “Indeed this gentleman does not represent the VP nor the Office. His views are completely & totally his own. This particular opinion he has expressed on TV is deplorable and in bad taste.”
Olugbenga, who claimed to be a Co-Convener of ‘Osinbajo Think Thank’ while reacting to the presidential ambition of Tinubu during an interview with Arise TV said that Nigerians do not want another sick president who is constantly going on trips.
He said: “We cannot afford another sick President who will be travelling to London all the time as we currently have, we need someone who is mentally sound. The little time that Osinbajo spent leading FEC was different. Things were moving.”
