Nigeria’s Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday distanced
himself from a group known as ‘Osinbajo Volunteers’, which has started
campaigning for his election as President in 2019.
The group is currently recruiting volunteers for the project.
Although Osinbajo’s activities are published on its website, the
group admitted that the Vice-President was unaware of their campaign.
“Note that Osinbajo did not endorse this volunteer group. We have never met him.
“We are strong believers in the fact that he is the right ruler for
Nigeria and must create a people’s volunteer base for him,” a statement
on the site read.
However, Osinbajo’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity
to the Vice President, Laolu Akande, has tweeted: “please disregard this
website created by faceless people for mischievous purposes. It has
absolutely nothing to do with the vice president.”