Fresh revelations have surfaced explaining why the late former President Muhammadu Buhari declined to endorse his former Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, as his successor.
According to the account, Buhari did not back Osinbajo’s 2022 presidential ambition because he felt he did not truly know his former deputy.
In his biography, “From Soldier to Statesman: The Legacy of Muhammadu Buhari,” written by Dr Charles Omole, the late president was quoted as saying that he only came to know Osinbajo through President Bola Tinubu.
According to the book, he was surprised that Osinbajo would contest against Tinubu during the 2022 All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential election.
The book, which was launched at the presidential Villa on Tuesday quoted Buhari as saying, “I don’t know Osinbajo from anywhere, I met him only through Tinubu.”
Osinbajo is widely believed to be among those Tinubu groomed when he was governor of Lagos State.
He was Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice of Lagos State while Tinubu was governor.
During the buildup to the 2015 presidential election, Tinubu is believed to have suggested Osinbajo to Buhari as his running mate.
