I am glad that the APC eventually took my advice and saw the wisdom in not fielding a muslim/muslim ticket for the 2015 Presidential election even though I hear that, right up till the last minute, they almost did.
I congratulate my friend and brother Professor Yemi Osinbajo on his nomination as the Vice Presidential candidate of the APC and running mate to Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.
I have known Yemi for a number of years and I
must say that he is not only a very pleasant and civilised person with a
warm and gentle disposition but he is also a cerebal lawyer with a
brilliant mind. I have immense respect for him.
Yet sadly ever since I heard about his nomination
and announcement as Buhari's running mate I have felt nothing but sheer
pity for him and a deep sense of pathos. My counsel and words for him
are as follows:
Woe unto the children of light that secretly
delight in darkness and that seek to thwart the counsel of God for their
nation by joining hands with the sons of Boko and the daughters of
Haram.
The bible says ''what fellowship is there between
light and darkness?'' It says ''what does God have to do with
Belial?'' It says ''what profiteth a man to gain the world and lose his
soul?''.
A respected Pastor of the Redeemed Christian
Church of God, a devout and committed Christian and an
intellectually-sound, well-bred and well educated Professor of Law
accepts to be running mate to a closet fundamentalist, a bloodthirsty,
cruel and murderous military dictator and a die-hard believer in the
philosophy of ''born to rule''? This is serious.
A gifted servant of God who is a favored
spiritual son of Rev. Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the
Redeemed Christian Church Of God has jumped into bed with one of the
most notorious troublers of the faith and one of the most consistent
enemies of democracy and Nigeria? This is very sad.
Rev. Enoch Adeboye is undoubtedly one of God's
greatest and most respected generals on the planet and one of the
Church's most humble and best-loved precious gems, yet one of his
spiritual sons has surely let him, and indeed the Kingdom of God, down
by choosing to play ''man Friday''
and second fiddle to an individual that represents everything that is
troubling, unsettling and repugnant to the modern world and to the 21st
century? What a tragedy.
A learned Professor of Law and a senior member of
the Nigerian bar who is the leading authority on the law of evidence
and who has written numerous books on that topic chooses to play number
two to a man that failed all his exams at military college and that
never went to a decent school or to any university? Jumping Jehoshaphat.
It is only in Nigeria that this sort of thing can
happen. Poor Yemi. Look at what the Haramites have done to him and look
at what they have reduced him to. Is there anything that these
creatures from hell will not do? Is there anyone that they will not use
and is there any norm that they will not defile, pervert, debase,
violate and corrupt in their ignoble quest for power and as a
consequence of their insatiable lusts and manifest greed?
The truth is that each and everyone one of us,
including my friend Yemi, will ultimately have to answer to God for the
choices that we make and we must live with the consequences of those
choices. It is no wonder that the Redeemed Christian Church of God has
disassociated itself from a false claim that the Church and, by
implication, Rev. Adegboye himself, was supporting the Buhari/Osibajo
ticket. Thankfully they have come out to say clearly and categorically
that this is not so. One can always trust Adegboye to do and say the
right thing because he is a man that is truly ''after God's heart''.
Yet the denial of an endorsement and tacit
support from his Church is just the first of many shockers and unwelcome
surprises that Yemi will be served with in the next few weeks. He will
get shock after shock and surprise after surprise until the battle is
over and circumstances compel him to go back to his very lucrative legal
practice.
Yet before he does that he should learn a thing
or two from one of his esteemed colleagues and yet another Pastor of the
Redeemed Christian Church of God, the courageous Pastor Bosun Emmanuel.
Bosun said the following words in his famous sermon titled 'The
Nigerian Church' which went viral just a few months ago.
He said, ''woe be unto any believer who joins
hands with the enemies of God in an attempt to bury the Church and
destroy the gospel''. This was a timely admonition and these are strong
and wise words from a true servant of God who is under no illusion about
what is going on in the politics of Nigeria and who is brave enough to
say it as it is.
Yet whether we choose to heed Bosun's words or
not I am absolutely certain of one thing: those that have aligned with
the servants of satan and the children of darkness and that seek to
thwart God's counsel for our nation shall not prevail.
Boko Haram abducted 185 women in Borno state on
December 18th and they killed no less than 52 innocent people. Despite
that some people are still supporting Buhari and his army of desperate
Haramites? What a people, what a country.
Those that say that Buhari has changed simply
because he chose a Pastor as his running mate are ignorant. Did he not
have a Pastor as his running mate in his last outing in 2011? Did he not
still say that it was his intention to ''spread sharia throughout the
country'' and that ''an attack on Boko Haram is an attack on the
north''?
Did he not oppose a state of emergency in the
north eastern states and say that it was unfair for the military to kill
Boko Haram members? Did he not say that instead of killing them they
should forgive them, pamper them and treat them in the same way that the
Niger Delta militants were treated?
Did the spokesman of his party Alhaji Lai
Mohammed not say that the proscription of Boko Haram by the Federal
Government was ‘’unjust’’ and ‘’unconstitutional’’? How does the fact
that Buhari has opted for a Christian running mate change any of these
things?
In any case he only opted for a Christian running
mate because he was compelled to do so as a consequence of the hue and
cry that the prospect of a muslim/muslim ticket had already started to
generate. Are those that cite the fact that he has a Christian running
mate as evidence of his new-found love for Christians aware of the fact
that during the American civil war a small, ignorant, misguided and
deluded group of negro slaves actually fought on the side of the
southern confederate forces in an attempt to keep slavery in place?
Did
that suggest that the leaders of the southern confederate ‘’secession’’
states suddenly changed their minds and fell in love with the blacks
that they had enslaved and treated like animals? Is Buhari's claim of
not being partial to his own hausa-fulani tribe not a little
far-fetched? Did he not lead a northern delegation to Alhaji Lam
Adesina, the late Governor of Oyo state, just a few years ago when some
Fulani herdsmen were slaughtering Yoruba farmers on their own land and
ask him ‘’why are YOUR people killing MY people?’’ Apparently Buhari
believed that the aggressors that had invaded the land and farms of
others and that killed all the occupants had a right to do so simply
because they were fulani. Yet some people still claim that the man is
not a tribalist.
Ignorance and lack of knowledge is a terrible
affliction but in this context it is not only terrible but also very
dangerous. Buhari’s choice of a Christian Pastor as his running mate
means nothing and changes nothing about him or his entrenched views and
ancient mindset.
It rather provides clear evidence of his sheer
desperation to win power at all costs and it is a reflection of his
obvious and deep-seated deceit. Let the truth be told even though the
heavens may fall: Christian Vice President or no Christian Vice
President, Buhari's heart remains as dark as ever.
We shall meet him in the field: let God's will be done.
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