Presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu, says he has no political godson grown enough to challenge him for the 2023 presidency, denying his affiliations with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

Mr Tinubu’s comments follow Mr Osinbajo’s declaration to run for the presidency in 2023 general elections on Monday morning.

“I have no son grown enough to declare,” Mr Tinubu said in response to questions about Mr Osinbajo’s declaration.

Since 1999, Messrs Tinubu and Osinbajo have enjoyed a cordial political relationship. Mr Osinbajo served as the attorney-general of Lagos from 1999 to 2007 when Mr Tinubu was the governor of the state.

In February, Peoples Gazette exposed connections between Mr Osinbajo’s law firm SimmonsCooper Partners and Mr Tinubu’s money-laundering venture, Ocean Trust Limited.

Bank records revealed that on April 26, 2013, Ocean Trust Limited transferred N25,001,050 into SimmonsCooper Partners bank account with UBA, despite SimmonsCooper’s public denial that it had nothing to do with Ocean Trust in any capacity.

Mr Tinubu met with APC Governors over his presidential aspiration. The governors include Gboyega Oyetola of Osun, Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano, Mohammed Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa, Mai Mala Buni of Yobe, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi and Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos.