Absolute Falsehood, Okupe Replies Osinbajo’s Statement

BEVERLY HILLS, February 29, (THEWILL) – Former Senior Special Assistant on media and publicity to Former President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has described a statement by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, claiming that the federal government did not build a single road in the last 10 years as 'absolute falsehood'.

It was reported that Osinbajo made the statement, on Friday, during his speech at the retreat of pastors of the Fountain of Life Church, Ilupeju, Lagos, prompting a response from Okupe on his Facebook wall.

“This statement is a lie and an absolute falsehood. Many people have said so. But this is not why I am writing this,” Okupe 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 practising 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 VP is someone I hold in very high esteem and he knows this. I am also proud of his role in this administration.”

Story by David Oputah