{"id":12006,"date":"2022-06-06T08:26:48","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T08:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=12006"},"modified":"2022-06-06T08:29:50","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T08:29:50","slug":"presidential-race-osinbajo-optimistic-of-victory-not-stepping-down-says-campaign-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=12006","title":{"rendered":"2023 Presidential Race: Osinbajo Optimistic Of Victory, Not Stepping Down &#8211; Says Campaign Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">2023 Presidential Race: Osinbajo Optimistic Of Victory, Not Stepping Down &#8211; Says Campaign Council<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Zainab Tanimu<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Osinbajo Campaign Council has cleared the air on the news making the rounds that the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, one of All Progressives Congress (APC) strong contender in the 2023 presidential race has stepped down.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Tribune reports that Osinbajo Presidential campaign council on Sunday dismissed a report that the Vice President has stepped down from the presidential race ahead of the primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) coming up on Monday and Tuesday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Chairman, PYO Media Council, Richard Akinola, disclosed this via a statement obtained by Tribune Online.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It said, while welcoming the party delegates to the Special National Convention in Abuja for the presidential primary, the Group observed that the purveyors of this fake news are afraid of the huge political support.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe PYO Presidential Campaign Council welcomes our distinguished delegates from across the country to Abuja for our presidential primaries.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cAs you settle down in Abuja, we implore you to kindly disregard various fake news making the rounds that Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has stepped down.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe purveyors of this fake news are afraid of the huge political support base of Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cPlease note that no such action is being contemplated. Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is the leading aspirant, as attested to by the report of the party\u2019s screening committee.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cHe (Osinbajo) is ready for the primaries and very sure of his victory.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 Presidential Race: Osinbajo Optimistic Of Victory, Not Stepping Down &#8211; Says Campaign Council Zainab Tanimu Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria Osinbajo Campaign Council has cleared the air on the news making the rounds that the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, one of All Progressives Congress (APC) strong contender in the 2023 presidential race has stepped down. 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