By Olu Fasan
DAMNED if you do, damned if you don’t! That saying captures the dilemma Vice President Yemi Osinbajo faced on whether or not to run for president next year. If he decided to run, as he now has, he would be viciously attacked, as he now is. If he decided not to run, he would disappoint millions of people and expose himself to eternal ridicule.
Truth is: since his party, All Progressives Congress, APC, has not micro-zoned its presidential ticket to the South-East, which it should have done, it would be utterly irrational if Osinbajo didn’t run for president. Think about it: Osinbajo has been vice president for seven years, serving twice as acting president, Nigeria’s de facto president, to worldwide acclaim.
In December 2018, I spoke at an international business conference organised by Global Trade Review in London and heard business leaders saying that the best periods during President Muhammadu Buhari’s first term were when Professor Osinbajo was acting president.
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