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| Dr Okupe |
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| Prof Osinbajo |
Dr. Doyin Okupe, former Senior
Special Assistant on Public Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has
accused Vice President Yemi Osinbajo of propagating “absolute falsehood” with
his recent claim that in the last 10 years, the federal government did not
build a single road.
The Vice President made the
statement weekend, during his speech at the retreat of pastors of the Fountain
of Life Church, Ilupeju, Lagos.
“The
federal government in the past 10 years could not build a single new road, not
repairing existing ones alone” he said.
The period in question was
presided over by Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP). Vice President Osinbajo is a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Debunking the claim on his
Facebook page, Okupe said it was unfortunate that Osinbajo, whom he holds in
“very high esteem,” could make such “blunder”.
“This statement is a lie and an
absolute falsehood. Many people have said so. But this is not why I am writing
this,” he wrote.
“It was a wrong statement made in
a wrong place and before a wrong audience. This is perhaps one of the most
difficult posts I have made to date.
“Yemi Osinbajo and I have a few
things in common. He is a professional in politics like me. He is a practising
Christian and a revered Pastor. I am a practicing Christian and an aspiring
Evangelist. We both are alumni of Igbobi College, Yaba, Lagos.
“His younger brother and mine
were classmates at Igbobi and are both pastors of the Fountain of Life Church,
Ilupeju, where I became grounded in Christianity under the mentorship of the
celebrated and revered man of God, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya.
“My concern is the erroneous
assumption that just because the VP is a Christian therefore every Christian is
APC. The Church must also be sensitive and mindful of the danger in bringing
politics into the Church.
“For Prof Osinbajo, if only he
remembered the Igbobi College motto ‘omnes unum in domino’ meaning ‘all are one
in the Lord’, he would not have committed such a blunder. Our God is God of
APC, PDP, Labour etc.
“Having said this, the Vice
President is someone I hold in very high esteem and he knows this. I am also
proud of his role in this administration.”
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