Buhari Reportedly Hatches Secret Plan to Replace Osinbajo as Vice President
A report on a clandestine plan to root out Vice President Yemi
Osinbajo from Aso Rock Villa Abuja is coming on the heels of a rumoured
feud between President Muhammadu Buhari and Osinbajo’s benefactor –
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The Point newspaper
reports that the camp of President Muhammadu Buhari may be planning to
replace Vice President Yemi Osinbajo with a politician from the
South-east ahead of the 2019 elections.
The
paper reports that the Presidency plans to woo a former governor of
Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, as a possible replacement for Osinbajo in
the next general elections so as to pacify the South-east that has
threatened secession through the Biafra movement.
According
to The point, the Buhari camp, sensing a potential loss of support and
electoral votes from the south west, in the event of the Tinubu forces
pulling out, is tinkering with options to win over the south east and
perhaps south south blocs.
“With many
gladiators, who joined forces to see All Progressives Congress through
to victory during the last elections already fingered in the movement to
form a new mega party, there is intense calculation being done to get a
crowd-puller from the South East geo-political zone.
This is to garner substantial votes from the region to shore up what may be lost should the South West go with Tinubu,” one of the sources said.
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