Video: Vice President Osinbajo Officially Declares For 2023 Presidency.

Vice President professor Yemi Osinbajo has officially declared for his intension to contest the 2023 presidential election.

After months of speculation about the the declaration, Osinbajo in a Video shared on Monday morning and a twitter post on his handle declared for the country’s highest office.

Osinbajo in the broadcast, said

”I am today, with utmost humility formally declaring my intention to run for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the platform of All Progressives Congress,” he said in the video.

He made the declaration hours after meeting with the All Progressives Congress governors.

He said. ”Dear Nigerians, for the past seven years, I have served as Vice President under a true Nigerian patriot, a servant of the nation in war and peace, and a man of integrity, President Muhammadu Buhari. We have, together, worked through some of the most difficult times in the history of our nation, but we have remained focused on securing the country, providing infrastructure and growing our economy. As stipulated by the Nigerian Constitution, our tenure will end next year.

”In this period of seven years, I have served the government in several capacities, and I have, at the direction of Mr. President, represented our country in sensitive high-level international engagements. I have been to practically all local governments in Nigeria. I have been in markets, factories, schools, and farms. I have been in agricultural, mining and oil-producing communities in the Delta, in Kebbi, Enugu, Borno; Rivers, Plateau and Ondo; and in all other States of the federation, listening to the diverse experiences and yearnings of our people”.