18th December, 2014
Eromosele Ebhomele
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, on Thursday described the choice of Professor Yemi Osinbajo as running mate to General Muhammadu Buhari, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2015 election as the much-needed tonic to turn Nigeria’s pitiable condition around for good.
Osinbajo, a cleric and former Attorney-General of Lagos state, western Nigeria was on Wednesday unveiled as the party’s choice for the running mate of Buhari ahead of the election in February 2015.
In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Rotimi Adebayo, Ikuforiji declared that the choice of Osinbajo, internationally acclaimed legal luminary and scholar, “is is indeed a thing of great joy to me, my family, my fellow legislators, the entire management and staff of the Lagos State House of Assembly.
“For us here at the Lagos State House of Assembly, the choice of the highly cerebral, humane, and highly industrious Osinbajo as General Buhari’s deputy promises to be the much-needed tonic for the long-awaited turn around that Nigeria desperately needs for her restoration.
“For the leaders of our party to have successfully jettisoned their personal aggrandizement and embraced this popular joint ticket of Buhari/Osinbajo in the overall interest of our nation’s survival simply confirms to doubting Thomases that our party is set to take over power at all levels of governance in Nigeria come 2015.”
Ikuforiji noted the smooth process that led to the emergence of Osinbajo to fill the slot adding that it was a confirmation that Nigeria is set for its long-awaited rebirth and that this could only be achieved by the APC.
To him, the choice of Buhari and Osinbajo is the best gift the party could offer Nigeria as the world marks this year’s Christmas celebration.