National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie Oyegun has dismissed claims that the vice presidential candidate of the party, Yemi Osinbajo was a stooge to the APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu.
According to the chairman, Osinbajo is not the kind of man that will kowtow to anybody.
“It is only the people in the PDP that see it that way because they don’t know what is called integrity,” Oyegun told Vanguard in an interview.
“I don’t know if anybody can be anybody’s stooge particularly a professional like that. And not just a professional he is also high in the hierarchy of the Christian world. He may get on with Tinubu, I get on very well with Tinubu, he is also close with Tinubu because he worked with him as a Commissioner years ago but since then he has devoted his time to his professional duties. So it does not matter if he is close to Tinubu or not. He is a highly qualified professional, he has made himself a success in that profession; so he is not looking for sustenance, people like can never be stooges of any body,” Oyegun claimed.
The APC Chairman also explained why the former attorney general of Lagos State was chosen as Gen Muhammadu Buhari’s running mate.
“As a matter of fact, the candidate had a list of ten from all over the country and the attributes that we were looking at were quite clear, given the nature of the aspirant that he has become to the nation a symbol of rectitude. We were also looking for somebody of equal rectitude, totally none controversial, a dye in the wood professional, a very organized person.
“It was a difficult choice because it took us a few days, it was a very difficult choice because every one of them in the field of selection was highly qualified. At the end, we thought this man best balanced the ticket and today we are presenting to the nation, the kind of persons that we think Nigerians can become; people who have succeeded through being transparent, hard working and dedicated. Everything we did we want to let the people know what to expect when they give us the mandate in February,” he told Vanguard.
