The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says Nigerians, particularly, the
younger generation, are thoroughly disappointed in Vice President Yemi
Osinbajo for allowing himself to be used as the poster boy for diversion
of public attention from the impunity and corruption that saturate the All
Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government.
As a professor of law, and an occupant of the exalted seat of the Vice
President of our country, Prof. Osinbajo should know better than allowing
himself to be used to bandy figures and make unguarded statements at
public events, such as his comments at the APC ward congress in Lagos,
where he described everyone else as “thieves”.
We note that Vice President Osinbajo has refused to heed wise counsel and
accord respect to his office by desisting from such unguarded comments
only because he has been sucked in and entangled in the propaganda,
deception, impunity and sleazes that not only brought their administration
to power, but have become its trademarks in the last three years.
We specifically invite Nigerians to note that all assertions by the Vice
President, especially on the performance of the Buhari administration as
well as his allegations and bandying of figures against the opposition,
have remained unsubstantiated.
Moreover, Nigerians have noted that Prof. Osinbajo, in his ‘sanctimony’,
has been silent on the exposed corruption under the Buhari administration,
including the leaked memo detailing N9 trillion corrupt oil contracts at
the NNPC, exposed sleazes in oil subsidy deals, diversion of Internally
Displaces Persons (IDP) intervention funds, which includes the probe of a
misappropriated N18bn in National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) under
his direct supervision as well as other looting in government agencies
such as the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
The Vice President is also ominously silent about the prevailing
high-handedness and human rights violations and the aloofness of
government resulting in daily bloodletting in various parts of our
country.
Finally, we urge Prof. Osinbajo to take heed, retreat to the inner room,
and conduct a soul searching before the great cloud of witnesses. He
should also note that propaganda and, particularly, false accusations are
not only abhorred by the Holy Books, but will also not deliver the APC and
its incompetent administration from the resolve of Nigerians to kick them
out, come 2019.