Why I Withdrew From Vice Presidential Race – Bola Tinubu

Statement Released by Asiwaju
Bola Ahmed Tinubu regarding
his withdrawal from
consideration for the APC Vice-
Presidential Position.

I am a Nigerian who loves his
country and am hopeful about
what it can become. I have seen
and conducted myself as a
patriot long before I thought of
myself as a politician. I shall
always walk this line and no
other.
After all the political calculations
are made and the dust of
competition has settled, it must
be this nation and its people who
stand first and foremost.
The question becomes whether
we stand strong, able to shape
ourselves into our best future or
will we stand frail and trembling,
burdened by the abject failure to
surmount the multiple problems
confronting us.
It against this backdrop that I
assess any action I take. Here I
come to my name being placed in
consideration as the Vice
Presidential candidate for our
party, the APC.
I have labored hard to move this
party from being merely an idea
in the minds of a few into being a
political organization that might
win this election and govern the
nation in way that gives the
people the hope and opportunity
they seek. Nothing is more
important to me than to realize
this dream not for myself but for
the people of this land I so love.
I helped to build this party,
giving no thought to seeking an
elected office because of it. My
contribution to the party was
never based on the expectation of
a later political handout. Nigeria
is in trouble and we are well past
the moment for such narrow,
selfish games.

APC announces Prof. Yemi Osibajo as Gen. Buhari’s running mate

APC Presidential candidate, Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari has chosen erudite
scholar, former Attorney General of
Lagos state, and Pastor with the Redeemed
Christian Church of God, Prof. Yemi
Osibajo as his running mate for next year’s
general election.
Professor Yemi Osinbajo is a Senior
Advocate of Nigeria, SAN and Senior
Partner in the Law firm of Simmons Cooper
Partners. Yemi Osibanjo is a professor of
law and was the head of department of
Public Law at the University of Lagos
(1997-1999).
His tertiary education was at the
University of Lagos and the London School
of Economics and Political Science
obtaining the LLB and LLM degrees
respectively.
Previously served as the Special Adviser to
the Attorney General of Nigeria
(1988-1992), he later became the Attorney
General and Commissioner for Justice of
Lagos State in 1999 reappointed for a
second term in 2003. During the period of
his public service, he commenced the Lagos
State justice reform project. A prominent
feature of that project was the
establishment of the Directorate for
Citizens’ Rights (DCR) which provides free
legal services and legal representation to
indigent citizens of the state. This initiative
gave a voice to many who would otherwise
not have a way to access their rights.
Prior to that appointment, Osinbajo, a
Professor of Law, was the Head of Public
Law at the Faculty of Law, University of
Lagos.
He is also the Ethics Adviser to the
Advisory Board of the African
Development Bank and is a non-executive
Director of Citibank. He has served in
various roles within the United Nations,
United Nations Centre on Transnational
Corporations, the United Nations African
Institute for Crime Prevention, the
International Criminal court for Rwanda in
Arusha, Tanzania, the department of
Peacekeeping operations and the United
Nations Peace Operations in Somalia.
Prof. Osibajo is Co-founder & Board
Member Convention on Business Integrity
and the Justice Research Institute Ltd. In
2007, Prof. and his wife Oludolapo founded
“The Orderly Society Trust”, a non-
governmental organization that is
dedicated to the promotion of Christian
ethics and orderliness.
Professor Osibajo has authored, co-
authored and edited several books and
publications including “The Unification and
Reform of the Nigerian Criminal Law and
Procedure Codes” ; “Law Development and
Administration”; “The Annotated Civil
Procedure rules of The Superior Courts in
Nigeria”; and “Cross Examination: A Trial
Lawyer’s Most Potent Weapon”.
He also pastors at Olive Tree House of
Prayer for All Nations, Banana Island, a
parish of the Redeemed Christian Church
of God and lives in Lagos with his wife and
three children.