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I Have Nothing Against Osinbajo; It’s Over – Tinubu

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Oct 27, 2022.

Tinubu has said he has nothing against Osinbajo.

Eko Hot Blog reports that the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said he has nothing against Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

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Recall that Osinbajo was one of the presidential aspirants who ran against Tinubu in the APC presidential primary election held in June.

The vice president, a political ally of the APC presidential candidate, served as attorney general and commissioner for justice when the former was governor of Lagos State between 1999 and 2007.

Tinubu was also believed to have been instrumental in President Muhammadu Buhari choosing Osinbajo as his running mate in 2014.

Therefore, some people raised eyebrows when the vice president decided to run against his former boss for the APC presidential ticket.

But Tinubu has said he has no ill-feeling toward Osinbajo for running against him.

He was addressing some political support groups loyal to the vice president during the party’s primaries in Kano State on Wednesday.

Tinubu and Osinbajo embracing themselves

The former Lagos governor noted that a man who asks forgiveness from God must be willing to forgive others.

Tinubu, therefore, said he will work with everybody, noting that he visited Osinbajo at his house after the primaries, and also interacted with him during the ministerial retreat.

“I have nothing against him. I have been to his House after the primaries. I have seen him on the day of the goodwill message to the retreat organised by the president,” the APC presidential candidate said.

“And a man who forgives—a man who asks for forgiveness from Allah fully deserves forgiveness. If you cannot give forgiveness, how are you asking from Allah? To me, it is over.”