The omission of the presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Vice President of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) and other top APC leaders from the Presidential Campaign Council list, has caused a stir on Twitter.
Others missing from the list include former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Eng Babachir Lawal, Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, former Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt Hon Yakubu Dogara, former minister of communications, Adebayo Shittu.
Following the release of the 422-man list, Twitter users began to speculate on why they were missing.
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Some blamed Osinbajo’s decision to battle Tinubu for the ticket, while others claimed he rejected his inclusion over his non-support of the APC’s Muslim-Muslim ticket. While others blamed the resistance of Lawal and Dogara to the APC’s Muslim-Muslim ticket as a reason.
Here are some reactions gathered by The Quest Times:
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@Madam_dauntless I just finished going through the APC presidential campaign council list. Whew!!! All I can say is, it’s a list of Principalities and Powers, rulers of dark kingdoms. God help us in 2023
@I_Am_Illemona APC that listed people who had been dead for at least 5 years for appointments is the party that you people are saying cannot list a PDP member on their presidential campaign council in error. This thing is so funny
@ENIBOY In 2014 Mr Festus Keyamo’s primary goal as EFCC lawyer was to ensure that Femi Fani-Kayode was in jail for fraud. Later on he described FFK as a “drug” sniffer. Today both men will put their differences aside to run Bola Tinubu‘s media campaign. Politics makes things possible
PDP Spokesman @BwalaDaniel We salute the courage of @ProfOsinbajo and boss @BossMustaphSGF for rejecting the MM ticket by asking to be left out of the campaign council of @OfficialAPCNg. Say no to religious politics. Nigerians would decide at the polls
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@PoojaMedia If Buhari is the Chairman of Tinubu’s campaign team, I believe Prof. Osinbajo should be drafted as Vice Chairman as well. Other aspirants during the primaries made the list. They should reconcile.
@Maybeks Former CRiver Governor Donald Etiebet who died in 2015 made the Tinubu campaign list. When I say Tinubu reminds me of everything Buhari, I mean every letter of it.
@MrTomide VP Osinbajo was approached to play a prominent role in the APC campaign team, especially among the Christian community. He declined and stated that he cannot do such in good conscience. Whether Laolu Akande debunks this does not matter. Prof himself knows this is the truth.
@MrLekanAdigun Lai Muhammed didn’t make Tinubu’s campaign list but somehow FFK made it. Hian