Categories: BREAKING NEWSPOLITICS

2023 Presidency: I Never Endorsed Osinbajo, Says Babangida

A former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB has denied endorsing Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for 2023 presidential election.

A section of the Nigerian media had reported that  General Babangida  endorsed the candidature of Vice President Yemi Osibanjo in the 2023 presidential elections.

According to the report, IBB stated this when the Osibanjo Grassroot Organization visited him in his Uphill Residence in Minna.

Reacting to the report from Minna,  the former Head of State said he was misquoted by the media, saying he never endorsed the Vice President in 2023.

In the statement from his media office,  Babangida noted that despite rooting for a president that is  less than 70 years , there is no way he would endorse a South Westerner considering the mood of the country.

He, however, acknowledged eulogizing the leadership qualities of the Ogun State born politician.

Recall that the elder statesman had named the Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu as a possible successor for President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.

The former military president stated this in a documentary aired on AIT.

Sponsored

He made the remark after he was asked to speak on the kind of character a politician is expected to exhibit in his desire to take over in 2023.

Babangida who was asked how he would like to address the leadership issue in the country during the interview said.

“We are running and we will be running a democracy, but we haven’t reached the level. We didn’t have the democratic institution that are working very well, our institutions must be above parties and politics and so on and so forth.”

“You have to have a lot of knowledge be it business, be it academics and so on and I feel everybody, every politician at certain age most aspire. Obama is just making sixty years old after serving two times in the United States so as Clinton and so on and so forth.”

“So we can have the likes of Orji Uzor Kalu who is interested in running the country and why not?”

SPONSORED
ABN TV EDITOR

ABN TV is one of the most visited news platform across Nigeria and the world over. It has carved a niche for itself in delivering authentic, accurate news.

Recent Posts

FG To Spend N100bn On School Feeding In 2025

The federal government has proposed to spend N100bn on the National Home Grown School Feeding…

2 minutes ago

No Regret On How I Carried As My Responsibility As Minister — Ohanenye

Former Minister of Women Affairs, Uju-Ken Ohanenye, on Wednesday said she has no regrets over…

34 minutes ago

At Christmas, Tinubu Says Nigeria On Path To Restoration, Progress

President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians to renew hope and belief in a prosperous Nigeria.…

1 day ago

Govt Launches Compensation Process For Abia Industrial Innovation Park Lands (Video)

The Abia State Government has officially launched the compensation process for individuals, corporate entities, and…

1 day ago

Fubara Approves ₦100,000 Bonus For Rivers Workers, Pensioners At Christmas

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has approved the sum of ₦100,000 for civil servants, public…

1 day ago

Mozambique: After Court Defeat, Opposition Leader Vows To Install Himself President

Arising from his defeat at the Constitutional Court in the disputed presidential election, the opposition…

1 day ago