Osinbajo said his nomination as running mate to Buhari prior to the 2015 presidential election came to him as a surprise.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, recounted how he became the All Progressives Congress, APC, running mate to President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015. He said that he was shocked when he got the news from Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola. He told this to State House Correspondents at a breaking of fast (Iftar) in his Aguda residence in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday night.
Osinbajo had previously mentioned that he is most prepared for the office of President come 2023, and Is absolutely prepared to take over the mantle of leadership of the country from President Buhari.
Osinbajo said he was telling his story to journalists to let them know that an individual’s life can change at any minute, adding that he always believed in and worked for a better Nigeria all his life and his decision to run for the office of president in the 2023 election was to enable him to make a difference.
