Spokesperson for former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Mr. Laolu Akande, has dismissed speculations that Osinbajo has left politics or resigned from the All Progressives Congress.
Akande, a former Senior Special Assistant on Media & Publicity to Osinbajo, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Lagos.
Osinbajo has not been actively involved in politics since leaving office in 2023, fuelling speculation that he may have distanced himself from the APC and political activities.
The former Vice President contested the APC primary in 2022 but lost the party’s ticket to President Bola Tinubu.
Osinbajo previously served as Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State from 1999 to 2007 under Tinubu, who was governor at the time.
Some political analysts attribute Osinbajo’s perceived withdrawal from politics to his loss in the APC primary, while others believe he is devoting more time to his role as Global Advisor for the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet.
When asked by NAN about his former principal’s political life, Akande said he would not involve Osinbajo in personal commentary.
He emphasised that Osinbajo had not informed him of any decision to leave politics and that, to his knowledge, he remains a member of the APC.
Akande added that Osinbajo would attend any APC event that required his presence.
“I don’t want to get the man (Osinbajo) involved in my own commentary, but there is no reason to think that he is no longer in the APC. He is still a member of the APC.
“If he gets an invitation to the caucus, you know, he will be there. I don’t know anything about him leaving the party,” Akande said.
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