My priority is fixing Nigeria, not 2023 presidency - Osinbajo

Yemi Osinbajo dismissed his rumoured presidential ambition.

He said his focus is on how to tackle the security challenges facing the country.

He said he has nothing to do with a website that had started mobilising support for him ahead of the 2023 presidential poll.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday, dismissed his rumoured presidential bid ahead of the 2023 general election.

According to him, his focus is on how to tackle the security challenges facing the country.

He added that who will get the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket is the least of his thinking for now.

Osinbajo, in a statement yesterday via his spokesman, Mr Laolu Akande, stated that he was more concerned about solving the myriad of problems, including security challenges, facing the country.

"He is rather focused on working in his capacity as vice president in the current administration to address all the compelling issues in the country and concerns of Nigerians, including finding effective and lasting solutions to the security challenges,” parts of the statement read.

The vice president who was reacting to a website that had started mobilising support for him ahead of the 2023 presidential poll, said he had nothing to do with the website and its activities.

The statement further said: “The attention of the Office of the Vice President has been drawn to a website: supportosinbajo.ng that is calling on Nigerians to join a volunteer group mobilising support for Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Details of this website and the solicitation of the group are currently trending on WhatsApp with a suggestion that Prof. Osinbajo has “quietly” declared interest in the 2023 election.

“The Office of the Vice President is not in any way connected to this website or the group behind it and considers such an enterprise an unnecessary distraction. Therefore, we ask that people desist from such unhelpful permutations while we all deal together with the challenges confronting us as Nigerians, and resolve them for the benefit of our people, peace and prosperity in the land.”