Osinbajo was hesitant when asked to be Buhari’s Running Mate says Tinubu

Prof. Yemi Osinbajo:

Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has revealed that Prof. Yemi Osinbajo was a bit hesitant when he called him to let him know that he had been chosen to be President Muhammadu Buhari’s running mate for the 2015 presidential election.

The APC leader made this known in the book, ‘Against the Run of Play – How an incumbent president was defeated in Nigeria,’ which was written by Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi, the Chairman of the THISDAY Editorial Board.

Tinubu said Osinbajo was hesitant so he asked him to go and inform the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye.

“He was a bit hesitant as he asked me to go and tell Pastor Adeboye. I replied by telling him that he needed to inform Pastor Adeboye himself, after all, there had been times when if we needed to see Pastor Adeboye, he was the one who facilitated it.

“I reminded him that since the final choice was not for me to make, I should not go to Pastor Adeboye until after the announcement of his name.

“So, Osinbajo went to meet Pastor Adeboye who reportedly told him, ‘if they offer you, take it’,” Tinubu said in the book which will be launched in Lagos tomorrow.