2023: I have no son grown enough to declare - Bola Tinubu says hours after his protege, VP Yemi Osinbajo, declared his intention to run for presidency

 

APC National leader and 2023 presidential hopeful, Bola Tinubu, has reacted to the presidential declaration of his protege, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.  watch

 

Earlier today, Osinbajo declared his intention to run for President in 2023. This comes weeks after Tinubu wh-o introduced him to politics in 2015 and presented him as Buhari's running mate, also declared his intention to run for President come 2023.

 

Both men are now to slug it out for the APC presidential ticket during the party's primary in May.

 

Shortly after his consultation with APC governors today April 11, Tinubu was accosted by newsmen to react to the declaration of ''his son'', an apparent reference to Osinbajo.

 

Responding, Tinubu said 

 

 “I don’t have any son grown up enough to make such declaration.”