By Ogochukwu Isioma
Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has rebuked reports suggesting that he plans to resign his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of next year’s general elections.
The report (NOT on metrowatchxtra) said to have originated from a leaked memo dated June 24, 2022, claimed the Vice President had written President Muhammadu Buhari seeking his permission to dump the APC.
The alleged memo titled ‘Permission to resign from APC,’ claimed that Osinbajo cited family pressures and other personal issues as the reason behind his plan to resign his membership of the APC.
But the Vice President has now come out to deny the defection rumour, saying such a report is fake and did not originate from his office at any time.
Speaking through his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Laolu Akande, Osinbajo said there is no single iota of truth in the memo or its content.
“Where do you people even get these things from? Who gave it to you? Anyways, for the avoidance of doubt, the memo is fake. VP didn’t write any such thing,” Akande told newsmen.
