Glitterati: Osinbajo rocking Ijaw attire sets internet on fire

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The viral picture of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo appearing in an Ijaw attire on Saturday, Febuary 29, 2022. Photo: Tolani Alli

• As Nigerians urge VP to contest 2023 Presidency

By Oluwafemi Popoola

The viral photo of Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, on Ijaw attire in an event in Bayelsa State, on Saturday, February 19, 2022 has set tongues wagging on the internet immediately the picture was released from the Vice President’s office.

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in his Ijaw outfit

The spokesperson of the Vice President, Laolu Akande, had earlier in a post, where the photograph was officially released via his Twitter handle, announced his principal’s itinerary to Bayelsa State, the home state of former President Goodluck Jonathan, where he was scheduled to flag off the construction of the Angiama-Oporoma Bridge said to have been conceived 60 years ago, after which he would pay a courtesy call on the Traditional Rulers Council in the State.

The splendour of this charismatic visual presentation of the cosmopolitan Prof Osinbajo has made many Nigerians on social media reacted and commented on this adorable photo which was prolifically captured by the official photographer of the Vice President, Tolani Alli.

The self-acclaimed storyteller is renowned for her creativity through her lenses. She knows how to steal the spotlight with her stunning and captivating moments of the Vice President in images that often tell a thousand stories.

Osinbajo, in the picture donning an Ijaw outfit with a hat and bejewelled top, completed the neat tailored outfit with a walking stick, as he visited Bayelsa State to flag-off the construction of the Angiama-Oporoma bridge along with Governor Douye Diri.

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Taking excerpts from the torrent of comments Nigerians posted on social media following the viral photo’s release of Twitter, a user charging the Vice President to run the 2023 race, wrote: “@ProfOsinbajo
Dear Mr Vice President, how else should we ask you to declare your interest for the 2023 presidential election? Please time is going. Millions of Nigerians won’t forgive you if you don’t contest. We need intellectually sound President.”

In the same vein, another Twitter user, commenting wrote: “If you attempt you may succeed.
When you don’t, you have already failed. Just do it, PYO.”

“The man for the right job. Clear road!” Said another user who wrote on Twitter.

While also reacting to the picture, Ajuri Ngalale, the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on Public Affairs took to social media on his official Twitter page and wrote this:

”I do not usually comment on things like pictures, but this is some different kind of image right here. Too many words can be used to describe it, yet none willfully do it justice.

Kudos to the great @tolanialli and, of course, to a great man we study daily, H.E @ProfOsinbajo.”

Another Twitter user, Adewumi Collins captioned the picture with this, “Osinbajo momentum is rolling fast, and nothing will stop him.”

“One photo = a thousand words.
P.S. I have not seen anyone rock this outfit like this in a cool while.” one Susan Henshaw wrote.

Another Twitter user, Chigozirim appealed to the APC to field Osinbajo as their presidential flag bearer. He said, “Keep this man’s on the ballot box, and see PDP lose the election before 12 pm on February 2023.”

Also, the reactions found their way and extended to Facebook, another social media channel where a user commenting via Liberty Badmus Olawale wrote: “Good Afternoon Bayelsa. His Excellency is here!!!
Swag too plenty !
#FaceOfHope23”

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1419977298437370&id=100012753390061

“Our man, your man, arriving Bayelsa today. WE MOVE” Babafemi Ojudu, the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Political Matters to the President wrote on his Facebook wall with Osinbajo’s viral photograph.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10161635737919689&id=820579688

“Oomo..see swag!!
Who won’t be proud to have this iconic personality as President.
Eni iyi, Eni eye.
#FaceOfHope23,” wrote a Facebook user commenting via Juwon Tunde.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10222492739731511&id=1360486545

The Vice President paid a courtesy visit on the Bayelsa State Traditional Rulers Council where he thanked custodians of the Ijaw tradition for the warm reception accorded him.

A Twitter user, commenting on the royal visit wrote: “Irrespective of our political affiliations as leaders; providing dividends of democracy to Nigerians should be the major priority.

“Nigerians don’t ask for many things, just provide the basic needs/amenities.”

The traditional institution in the area thereby conferred on him the title of Ebi-akubowei 1 (one who seeks good or progress) of Angiama Kingdom.

Lately, there has been a proliferation of diverse support groups across the nation mobilizing for the support of the Vice President by urging him to contest the 2023 presidential election.

The Vice President, however, has been tight-lipped about his rumoured presidential ambition. Although, both his body language and moves in the public space, however, show that he may be interested and probably waiting for the appropriate time to make his decision known to the public.

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