Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has dismissed reports that he had opened a campaign office in Abuja preparatory to contesting the 2023 presidential ticket or the All Progressive Congress (APC).
Reports Osinbajo set up campaign office at No. 15b, Buchanan Crescent, off Aminu Kano, near Emab Plaza Wuse 2, Abuja, surfaced on Saturday.
The report had claimed that the office which was allegedly inaugurated, on Saturday, was set up under the auspices of Progressives Consolidated Group (PCG) complete with Osinbajo’s banner inscribed with the ‘Face of Hope’.
The reports mentioned that Katsina State-born Dr. Aliyu Kurfi is the Chairman of the PCG while other members include; Musa Liman (deputy chairman North), Dr. Ebenezer Faji (deputy chairman South), Dr. Eli Eberechukwu Dibia (Vice-Chairman), Dr. Ahmed Muhammed (National Coordinator), Dr. Usman Ibrahim (Organising Secretary) and Barr. Emmanuel Pippa (Publicity Secretary).
Reacting to the report, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), Office of the Vice President, Laolu Akande, classified the report as ‘fake’.
Asked what he had to say about the reports of the opening of the campaign office, he said in a WhatsApp message: ‘Fake News’.