Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has explained how he became the running mate to President Muhammadu Buhari in the build-up to the 2015 presidential election.
Speaking when he hosted members of the State House Press Corps to a breaking of fast (Iftar) at his Aguda Residence at the President Villa, Abuja, the vice president said his nomination came to him as a surprise.
According to a Premium Times report, Osinbajo told journalists that he was working on a case at the Supreme Court when the news of his nomination was broken to him.
“I was working on the case at Peniel Apartments in Abuja on December 18, 2014, when at about 1 a.m. in the morning, I received a call from Rauf Aregbesola that they were coming to Lagos to pick me.
“I said I was in Abuja. He said ‘good because you have been nominated as the vice-presidential candidate’ and I said how you nominate people,” he was quoted as saying.
He said after his case that day, he returned to his accommodation. He said immediately after he removed his wig, he felt that “this is probably the last time I will be wearing it.”
He said Aregbesola, who is the current interior minister, and former Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun, later in the day took him to the presidential candidate.
He said he was telling his story to the journalists to let them know that an individual’s life can change at any minute.
