# Buhari offered to support Osinbajo’s presidential bid four times — Laolu Akande counters Babachir Lawal

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- Published: 2026-10-18T07:33:45+00:00
- Author: Olamide

Former presidential aide Laolu Akande has rejected Babachir Lawal’s claim that former
President Muhammadu Buhari regarded Yemi Osinbajo’s presidential ambition as “highly
immoral and distasteful”.

In a statement on Saturday, Akande, who served as Osinbajo’s spokesperson from 2015
to 2023, said Buhari personally offered to support the former vice-president’s ambition
on at least four occasions. Lawal, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation,
had argued in a recent interview that Buhari would have struggled to support Osinbajo
because of the former vice-president’s longstanding relationship with Bola Tinubu.

Akande said he watched the interview and decided to respond because he was present
when decisions concerning Osinbajo’s office were taken. According to him, Buhari
repeatedly asked Osinbajo: “If I don’t support you, who will I support?”

“He was consistent. During the APC presidential primaries in 2022, while campaigns
were underway, President Buhari openly commended Vice President Osinbajo at a Federal
Executive Council meeting for the dignified, issues-based manner in which he was
conducting his campaign across the country. He spoke in a laudatory tone. The entire
Council witnessed it,” Akande said. “That is not a President who found Osinbajo’s
ambition distasteful. That is a President who broached it, encouraged and applauded
it,” he added.

Osinbajo contested the All Progressives Congress presidential primary in June 2022,
finishing third with 235 votes. Tinubu won the primary with 1,271 votes, followed
by Rotimi Amaechi with 316. Tinubu subsequently won the 2023 presidential election.

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  TL;DR (AI Generated)

Former presidential aide Laolu Akande has denied claims by Babachir Lawal that former
President Muhammadu Buhari viewed Yemi Osinbajo's 2022 presidential ambition as 
distasteful.

Akande stated that Buhari personally offered to support Osinbajo on at least four
occasions and publicly commended his campaign.

According to Akande, the former president repeatedly encouraged Osinbajo and praised
the dignified manner in which he conducted his campaign during a Federal Executive
Council meeting.

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