Osinbajo neutral in APC Lagos governorship race
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vice president yemi osinbajo has not endorsed babajide sanwo-olu in the lagos all progressives congress governorship primary scheduled for monday1 contrary to the impressions created by a photograph that shows the vice president with sanwo-olu osinbajo is neutral in the election1 he merely came to plead with the party leaders to allow a level playing field for the two contestants including the incumbent akinwunmi ambode1 according to a statement by osinbajos office osinbajo yesterday attended a meeting of the lagos state general advisory council gac where he had been invited by the elders on the council1 before the meeting the vice president who had been in lagos to participate in the presidential primaries in the state had met with governors akin ambode and the apc national leader ashiwaju ahmed bola tinubu1 apc gubernatorial aspirants babajide sanwo-olu and obafemi hamzat were also at the premises of the gac meeting ahead of the vice presidents arrival1 at the gac meeting prof osinbajo who is believed to be supportive of a second term bid for ambode conveyed the view of the buhari presidency that there should be a level playing field in the overall conduct of the primaries1 informed sources at the meeting said the purpose of vps attendance at the gac was to report on a previous meeting held between him and gov aregbesola on how to resolve some of the outstanding issues around governor ambodes second term bid and its fallouts1 it was while he was coming out of the meeting that mr. sanwo-olu and mr. hamzat took advantage of the vps presence to take the photos which are now being falsely paraded as proof of endorsement1 the vp did not go to endorse the candidate they only took advantage of his presence a source at the meeting confirmed last night1