The All Progressives Congress (APC) has finally settled for a pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Prof Yemi Osibajo as the running mate of General Buhari in the 2015 presidential election.
Buhari emerged the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress at the party’s primaries held in Lagos last week, defeating four other aspirants.
His running mate, Osibajo, is a Professor of Law and a former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State,.
He pastors the Olive Parish located on Banana Island, Lagos State.
The leadership of APC was said to have settled for Osibajo to counter the negative impression of Buhari being an Islamic extremist.
Even though the party is yet to officially announce Buhari’s running mate, national leader and former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu Wednesday confirmed in a statement that he was committed to Buhari/Osibajo ticket.
The statement reads in part, “For me, political ambition will never triumph over patriotic conviction.
“This delicate moment affords no space for emotion to intrude to blind us from what is best. The APC is the best and only vehicle to enact the progressive and broad change this nation cries for. “I eagerly lend myself to this fine cause without me having to be on the ticket.
“This is a time for cohesion and an overriding sense of mission. We must defeat the foe before us and resist all temptations intended to entice us to fight among ourselves.
“I sincerely commit myself to the rescue agenda of General Buhari and Professor Osibajo.
“I declare to you, I will work and dedicate myself so that our ticket succeeds and wins the 2015 election — not for his good, not for my good, not even for the party’s good but for the good of the nation we inhabit”
