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| Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo |
The Vice President, Yemi
Osinbajo has dismissed reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has plans to
Islamize Nigeria.
Osinbajo assured that neither Buhari nor anyone in the current
government was plotting to impose any single religion on the country.
Addressing a
mammoth crowd during his unique Family Chat at Kurudu, FCT, Osinbajo said the
propaganda peddled by naysayers was aimed at discrediting President Buhari who
already has a record that shows he is a detribalized leader.
Osinbajo pointed out that over 20 Christians are currently in
Buhari’s cabinet.
He said: “I
have interacted with this man Buhari, he is an honest man, he has no intention
whatsoever of imposing his religion on anybody at all.
“In our
cabinet, there are 20 people who are Christians, 18 who are Muslims and our
Head of Service (Winifred Oyo-Ita) is a Christian from Winners Chapel.
“The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (Boss Mustapha)
who is the highest civil servant is also a Christian, so there is no way in the
world that anybody will tell you that.
“They are only
spreading propaganda and they are trying to discredit the man (Buhari) but they
are telling a lie.”
Osinbajo also
recalled that those peddling the rumor previously lied that President Buhari
was sponsoring Boko Haram and had told the terrorist group to attack the
Jonathan government.
“In 2015 when we were coming into office, they said this man
(Buhari) is the one sponsoring Boko Haram, they said it was because he didn’t
mean well for Jonathan’s government, but it was a lie because on 24th July,
2014, Boko Haram attacked Buhari in Kaduna, killed 82 people including seven of
Buhari’s relatives who were with him.
“That is the
same Boko Haram that they claimed he was sponsoring but now everybody knows
that his not behind Boko Haram, the same Muhammadu Buhari is the one who drove
Maitatsine out of this county, when Maitatsine was in this country and he is
doing same thing to Boko Haram,” he said.
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