Buhari offered to support Osinbajo’s presidential bid four times — Akande counters Babachir Lawal

By Ayobami Okerinde
A former spokesperson to ex-Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Laolu Akande has dismissed claims by Babachir Lawal that former President Muhammadu Buhari considered Osinbajo’s 2023 presidential ambition “highly immoral and distasteful”.
Akande, who served as Osinbajo’s spokesperson from 2015 to 2023, described the allegation as false in a statement on Saturday, saying Buhari had personally offered to support the former vice-president’s ambition on at least four occasions.
Osinbajo contested the All Progressives Congress presidential primary in 2022 but lost to Bola Tinubu, who went on to win the 2023 presidential election.
Lawal, a chieftain of the Nigeria Democrati...