Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo’s campaign council has alleged a plan to malign his name.
According to a statement released by the media council on Monday, a Nigerian living in the United States is organizing a group of smear campaigners attempting to ruin the vice president’s reputation.
The smear group is planning to portray the Vice President, who is a Christian, as a religious fanatic while he was a commissioner in Lagos State, according to the council.
During his stint as Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in the state, Osinabjo did not discriminate against employees of different faiths, according to the council.
It was revealed that the campaign’s leader was a former Student Union President at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) who is now a lecturer at the University of Ohio in the United States.
The council, on the other hand, swore to fight any attempt to smear the vice-name. president’s
The statement reads: “The plan is to use fake audio of faceless individuals with fictitious names to cast the Vice President, who is a Christian, as a religious fanatic, who discriminated against staff of other faith while he was Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State during the tenure of former Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“In the fake video, a woman is seen crying and making frantic allegations that she was discriminated against by the then Attorney-General because she was not allowed to wear the Muslim head cover for women, otherwise known as the hijab, to work.
“As observed by someone who was in the same Ministry at the time Osinbajo served as Attorney-General, no such incident ever occurred and this is just a malicious and wicked attempt to sully the sterling qualities of Prof. Osinbajo because of his Presidential aspirations.
“Indeed as Attorney-General, Prof Osinbajo’s Secretary, a Muslim, Alhaji Abdul Gafar Bakare had testified before now that the then Lagos AGF ‘did not only encourage me to further my education even at my relatively old age, he personally sponsored my BSc Accounting Program’.
“It would be recalled that similar smear campaigns was unleashed against President Muhammadu Buhari, especially during the 2014-15 Presidential campaigns, when it was alleged that he was virulently anti-Christian. The attempt however met with failure.”
Osinbajo is a firm believer in Nigeria’s variety, an enthusiastic proponent of Nigerian unity, and a tolerant Nigerian who believes in interfaith peace and freedom of worship, according to the media council.
According to the council, it was vital to inform the general public about the smear effort against Osinbajo and to urge everyone to disregard the information when it was released to the public.
It added: “During his career as a university teacher, he taught Moslems and Christians alike in a convivial atmosphere. He also had excellent working and private relationships with Muslim bosses over the decades, including Judge Bola Ajibola, Former Governor Tinubu and President Muhammadu Buhari.
“Osinbajo remains a firm believer in Nigeria’s diversity and an ardent proponent of Nigerian unity.
“For these reasons, the Media Council feels the need to alert the general public to the odious campaign strategy of Osinbajo detractors and urge everyone to ignore same when released to the public.”
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