A People’s Democratic
Party, PDP chieftain and former Minister of aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode
has blasted Vice President Yemi Osibanjo saying he is just a pastor by name.
Fani-Kayode made this
statement in a new article he dedicated to the VP and this is coming just days
after he called on the Department of State Security to arrest the Osibanjo over
an alleged mismanagement of public funds.
No matter how hard he tries
to make it look as if it is no big deal and no matter how much he ignores it
and tries to brush it under the carpet, the 5.8 billion naira scandal in which
the House of Representatives have indicted Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for
theft, larceny, diversion, misapplication and misappropiation will not go away.
No matter how much he tries
to wash himself with his self-righteous soap and brush, the filthy stench of
corruption and abuse of office will never leave him.
No matter how many open
markets he visits in a blaze of publicity and in a desperate attempt to prove
that he is a man of the people, the bloated flies that customarily trail filth,
garbage, open sewers and rejected goods will continue to follow him and raise
fundamental questions about his infantile claim to holiness, infallibility and
sainthood.
Some have erroneously
argued that Osinbajo could not have stolen the 5.8 billion or indulged in any
form of wrongdoing because he is a Pastor.
They also claim that the
grievous, unproven and outrageous allegations that he has made against
President Goodluck Jonathan, President Olusegun Obasanjo, the late President
Umaru Yar’adua and indeed every single PDP-controlled Federal Government that
was in power over the 16 years before our nation was afflicted with the Buhari
plague and APC contagion three years ago must also be true, again because he is
a Pastor.
On both counts this is not
only an intellectually lazy cotention but it is also pure hogwash. I say this
because Osinbajo is far from being what many think he is. His conduct over the
last three years has proved that conclusively.
As far as I am concerned he
is a Pastor only in name. In my view he is not a Pastor but an eager
accomplice, common sidekick and ever-ready man-Friday to the most hated,
despised, compromised, dishonest, brutal, divisive, incompetent, cruel and evil
dictator that Nigeria has ever known.
I say this because no real
Pastor would do what he has done over the last three years and neither would
any tolerate or participate in the evil that his boss and their government have
unleashed on the Nigerian people since they came to power.
Pastors see evil for what
it is and fight it openly. Failing that they at least shun and condemn it. They
certainly do not espouse it, enjoy it, wallow in it, encourage it, support it
and thrive in its commission.
They do not point fingers
at the innocent and accuse them falsely and neither do they eulogise or deify
the corrupt. They are not deceitful cowards who have sold their souls to the
devil for cheap political gain, filthy lucre and a morsel at the tyrant’s
table.
The truth is that it irritates
me to no end when some refer to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as a Pastor. It is
like referring to Judas Iscariot as a disciple of Jesus Christ or Rasputin as
the Pope.
The Bible says “thou shall
know them by their fruits”. It says “the devil presents itself as an angel of
light”. It speaks of “wolves in sheep’s clothing”. It talks about “shepherds
that feed on the carcasses of their own flock”.
Osinbajo is a fake Pastor
in the same way that Judas was a fake disciple and Rasputin was a fake priest. Like
Judas and Rasputin he was secretly planted amongst the disciples and in the
Church by satan.
When you speak of Pastors
you are referring to holy and selfless men who lift up, inspire and encourage
others, who are filled with compassion and love, who are called to ministry by
the Living God and who are deeply courageous and strong.
These are tried and tested
men and women who are filled with the power of the Holy Spirit and the light of
God. These are men and women that are driven by the quest for righteousness,
justice and equity and who have no fear of tyrants, bullies or the agents of
the devil.
These are men and women who
despise evil, wickedness and injustice and who support and assist the
suffering, the deprived, the weak, the vulnerable, the wounded, the afflicted,
the persecuted and the poor.
These are men and women
that speak truth to power and that give wicked rulers and heartless men of
wealth and power sleepless nights.
These are men and women
that have successfully passed through the furnace of affliction, who have
mastered their calling, who are clean-spirited, who are committed to spreading
the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ fearlessly and who do not steal, kill, lie,
bear false witness, falsely accuse, compromise with evil or seek to destroy
their fellow human beings.
When we talk about Pastors
we are talking about a rare and special breed of people who are committed
to humanity, self-discipline and the
work of God and who have chosen to answer the highest and most noble calling.
When we talk about Pastors
we are talking about men and women llik the late Bishop Ajayi Crowther, the late Archbishop
Benson Idahosa, the late Apostle Ayo Babalola, the late Rev. Timothy Obadare,
Bishop David Oyedepo, Prophet T.B. Joshua, Pastor Paul Adefarasin, Pastor David
Ibiyeomie, Dr. Paul Enenche, Bishop David Abioye, Bishop Mike Okonkwo, Pastor
Enoch Adeboye, Apostle Samson Suleiman, Dr. B.O. Ezekiel, Pastor Ayo
Oritsejafor, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, Dr. Daniel Olukoya, Bishop Matthew Hassan
Kukah, Archbishop Jasper Akinola, Bishop Emmanuel Gbonigi, Archbishop Nicholas
Duncan-Williams, Prophet Emmanuel Kobe, Pastor Rhoda Awiliki, Pastor Solomon
Kayode Anjorin, Pastor Bayo Oladeji, Dr. Israel Akonji, Pastor Emmanuel Omata
and so many others.
When we talk about Pastors
we are not talking about hopelessly compromised and morally challenged
charlatans and crooked politicians like Osinbanjo who consistently attempt to
defend the indefensible, who thrive on perfidy and falsehood, who tell one hundred lies a day, who indulge in
the most outrageous and brazen acts of corruption, who persecute the innocent,
who collude with evil and bloodthirsty men, who encourage the perpetuation and
commission of barbarity and wickedness, who turn a blind eye when lives are being
destroyed, who refuse to raise their voices when innocent blood is being shed,
who speak from both sides of their mouths and who encourage mass murder,
genocide and ethnic cleansing.
When we talk about Pastors
we are talking about those that we revere, love and admire and not those that
are only Pastor in name.
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