Laolu Akande, an ex-media aide to Yemi Osinbajo, has stated that the previous Vice President continues to be a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Akande additionally dismissed rumours that Osinbajo has left politics.
The previous Senior Particular Assistant on Media & Publicity to Osinbajo, stated this in an interview with the Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos.
Osinbajo has not been actively concerned in politics since departing workplace as VP to former President Muhammad Buhari in 2023.
This led to rumours that the previous college lecturer might have distanced himself from the APC and political actions basically.
The previous Vice President had contested the APC primaries in 2022 however misplaced the celebration’s ticket to President Bola Tinubu, with some political analysts attributing his perceived withdrawal from politics to his loss.
Some others, nonetheless, felt he has determined to distance himself from politics to dedicate extra time to his position as World Advisor for the World Power Alliance for Individuals and Planet.
When requested by NAN about his former principal’s political life, Akande stated he wouldn’t contain Osinbajo in private commentary, saying the latter had not knowledgeable him of any resolution to go away politics and that, to his data, he stays a member of the APC.
In accordance with Akande, Osinbajo would attend any occasion which includes theAPC that required his presence.
“I don’t wish to get the person (Osinbajo) concerned in my very own commentary, however there isn’t a motive to assume that he’s now not within the APC. He’s nonetheless a member of the APC,” Akande stated.
“If he will get an invite to the caucus, you already know, he can be there. I don’t know something about him leaving the celebration.”