Who Made Osinbanjo VP? The Truth

<p><em>Who Made Osinbanjo<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that following the launch of a book titled &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;My Participation” by former Osun State Governor&comma; Chief Bisi Akande&comma; there has been an avalanche of theories about how Professor Yemi Osinbajo&comma; 63&comma; and current Vice President of Nigeria became a running mate to Buhari in 2014&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The autobiography chronicling pre and post-All Progressives Congress&comma; APC&comma; has generated lots of controversies&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Specifically&comma; there are debates about how Osinbajo became a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;google&period;com&sol;">Vice President<&sol;a>&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Without a doubt&comma; Professor Yemi Osinbajo made himself the first choice for the VP slot in the APC power game&period; This is evident in his professional&comma; religious and political trajectories&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;As a professional&comma; his hallmark has been excellence either as a classroom teacher or litigations in the courtroom&period; As a born-again&comma; he has remained committed to the Lord’s vineyard so much so that as a pastor in Redeemed Christian Church of God&comma; his parish on Lagos Island became a shining example on how to be a servant of God&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;As a Commissioner of Justice and Attorney General of Lagos State&comma; he demonstrated professionalism and ensured that the Tinubu’s administration did not derail on the legal highway in all its contentions with Obasanjo’s led federal government&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It is on record that Lagos judiciary enjoyed infrastructural and welfare uplift during the tenure of Osinbajo&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Probably for sheer co incidence of geography&comma; his marriage to late Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s grand daughter turned out a huge plus in the process of getting the required victory votes in the southwest and beyond&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;That&comma; in itself&comma; strongly recommended him for the job&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In the final analysis&comma; no one can lay claim to making him a VP&period; A combination of various factors and interventions made Osinbajo the running mate to Buhari in 2014<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;