Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said that despite the results of the just-concluded All Progressive Congress (APC) Extraordinary Congress, he remains committed to realizing the dream of a new Nigeria.
Osinbajo's spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said the vice president spoke during his visit to the campaign office of The Progressive Project (TPP), a coalition of support groups that backed him for the presidency.
The vice president also said that he would support Sen. Bola Tinubu, winner and flagbearer of the APC for the 2023 presidential election.
Osinbajo described the clamour for a new Nigeria as a movement.
"This movement is a movement within a party also, we are not doing something that has not been heard of before.
"What is new is that we have a firm belief that a new Nigeria is possible and it is possible through us who are here.
"We went to the convention, and the results showed us clearly that we lost, but it is only a battle, it is not the war.
" There are battles ahead, but we will win the war for a new Nigeria. I have no doubt in my mind that we will win that war for a new Nigeria.
"That is why our movement for a new Nigeria must remain strong and firm; and we will do everything to keep our movement strong and solid."
The vice president said that despite the result of the APC presidential primary, the dream of a new country remained alive and well.
According to him, the resolve for a new Nigeria remains strong.
"We will have at the back of our minds, that what you have started in the various movements, coming into one, is the seed that will birth a new nation.
" You and I know the time has come and we will devote everything to it.
"I am committed and will remain committed to that dream (of a new Nigeria), for as long as you are willing and recognise that we have not yet written the story of this country, we have not yet completed the story of this country.
"As a matter of fact, the story has just begun, this movement has just started
" Once the genie comes out of the bottle, you cannot put it back; the word has been spoken; it cannot be taken back: it is time for a New Nigeria," he said
He pledged support for the APC presidential candidate for the 2023 elections.
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