In September 2019, I tweeted the following to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
“Ambassador Ayo Oke, the former Director General of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency, took care of you. He paid your bills and protected you. He kept all your dirty little secrets. He gave you wise counsel and comforted you even when you shed tears and said you couldn’t take it anymore. All this, yet you sold him down the river. Your fingers have finally been caught in the cookie jar, and your benefactors and detractors have begun their work. They have demoted you, humiliated you, used you and dumped you. By the time they finish with you, you will wish that you had never been born. Worse still, Oke is no longer there to help you. Poor chap. Politics is a terrible thing when compared to the legal profession. This is especially so when you are a Professor of Law. At least you can go back to your pastoral work at the Redeemed Christian Church of God when all else fails. My prayers are with you.”
A few days later, I added the following, again about the Vice President.
“If the short man doesn’t resign within six months, they will soon be sending him to wash toilets. You came in on the same ticket, you sold your soul, you betrayed your people, your tribe, your region and your faith and you sucked your boss’ rectum for four years! Look at what you got in return! Shame on you!”
Two months down the line, both tweets have proved to be prophetic. They also signified the beginning of the end for our Pastor and Professor.
Over the last two months, despite all pretentions to the contrary, things have gone downhill for him, and he appears to be a drowning man. It is only a matter of time before the final offensive and assault is unleashed against him by his traducers in the Presidency, the axe falls, and he is finally thrown out.
I have been reliably informed that three names, all from the South West, have been pencilled down and are all being considered as his possible replacement. If this proves to be true, I would not be the least bit surprised because those who ride on the back of the tiger always end up in its stomach.
The question that arises is what our reaction ought to be to the way the Vice President is being treated.
In this respect, insightful, sensible and refreshing are the words of Chief Yinka Odumakin, the erudite and courageous spokesman of Afenifere, when he said, on behalf of the Omo Karo Jires and the sons and daughters of Oduduwa, that
“Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is being humiliated and NOT the South West. He has never supported the South West since he became Vice President”. (Sunday Vanguard, 10th November 2019).
I wholeheartedly concur.
I am also encouraged by the fact that Baba Ayo Adebanjo, the number two man in Afenifere, one of the most revered and respected elders and leaders in Nigeria and a man that I am prepared to follow into battle blindfolded, said that he had told Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Vice President Osinbajo to “leave the APC”.
He said, “I don’t want to be dragged into the issue. What has he done that the South West has benefited from? I am 91 years old and all I want is a better Nigeria. I have told Tinubu and Osinbajo to leave the APC”. (Sunday Vanguard, 10th November 2019).
These are wise words and faultless counsel. The consequences of not heeding them, at least for Osinbajo, are now manifest for all to see, and sadly, the chickens are coming home to roost.
It is Osinbajo’s turn to be exposed, grilled, humiliated, rubbished and dumped by the cabal today, but, mark my words, it will be Tinubu’s tomorrow. They shall both reap the consequences of what they have sown and the choices they made.
I do not relish in the travails of Osinbajo, and to a certain extent, I pity him, but what I will not do is defend him in the name of South Western or Southern solidarity or anything else. In my view, he simply does not deserve that kind of support, and it irks and irritates me to no end when others try to give it to him.
For example, when Professor Banji Akintoye, a notable elder and respected leader from the South West who has displayed immense fortitude in recent times and whom I have immense respect for, says that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo should not be treated badly by President Muhammadu Buhari because he is a son of Oduduwa, I really do wonder.
When he says he is watching events unfold, I wonder what he really believes he can do to save the Vice President from the consequences of his own shameless behaviour, cowardly disposition, ignoble foibles, treacherous actions and dishonourable choices.
Osinbajo willingly opted and eagerly chose to be an eager slave and even went as far as to publicly declare himself as a “son” to Nigeria’s third and most dangerous Mahdi and to her last Amalekite King. Such choices are an affront to the Living God that he claims to serve, and they come with dire divine consequences.
Permit me to quote Professor Akintoye in full. He said,
“We are watching the events unfold with keen interest. We are taking note of what is happening to them. Nobody should make the mistake of thinking that the “Yoruba” (his word) will be watching and allow their son to be degraded and dehumanised. It will be very difficult to advise Osinbajo because he holds a high office, but my advice to him is to stick in there and let us see what they will do, then they will see what WE will do”. (Sunday Vanguard, 10th November 2019).
The question here is, who are the “we”? Maybe Osinbajo’s shrinking circle and coterie of friends, family, loyalists and supporters, but kindly leave the rest of us out. The rest of us do not wish to get involved, and neither do we care!
With the greatest respect, on this particular matter, Professor Akintoye certainly does not speak for me or for any of those who share my views. He may have his opinion, and he is certainly entitled to it, but I also have mine, and so do millions of others.
In any case, does he know the atrocities that Osinbajo has secretly committed against the South West and indeed the entire South behind closed doors over the last few years?
Does he know how many sons and daughters of Oduduwa that he is trying to bring to their knees and destroy? Does he know what he did to Prince Deji Adeyanju, a fellow Oduduwan? Does he know the role he played in the arrest and prolonged detention of Omoyele Sowore, another son of the Anago?
Does he know how many sons and daughters of the South West Osinbajo is trying to send to jail for no just cause and for doing nothing wrong other than the fact that they refused to bend the knee and bow to his principal Muhammadu Buhari and simply because he wants to sacrifice them and please his northern masters?
Does he know how many sons and daughters of Oduduwa he has locked up and detained unlawfully? Does he know how much wickedness he has inflicted on his own Karo Jire kinsmen?
Does he know the disdain and contempt he has shown Oduduwans, southerners and Christians, whom he is meant to represent on the presidential ticket, over the last few years?
Sentiment ought to be left out of this. There is nothing worse than a traitor, and Osinbajo is the greatest and biggest traitor to the Oduduwa and southern cause in Nigerian history.
A man who opted to align with and support those who opposed the proscription of Boko Haram? A man that said we should pray for Fulani herdsmen as they rape and slaughter our wives and children?
A man who said the mass murder, genocide and ethnic cleansing of our people by the Fulani militias in Nigeria was exaggerated?
A man who travelled abroad and said all African countries are corrupt? A man who poured scorn and insults on all those who stood up to the tyranny and hegemony of his Fulani masters over the last four years?
A man who refused to see the President of CAN in his first 3 years in office as Vice President and only spoke to him through the Villa chaplain? A man who spent the better part of the last 4 years trying to weaken, discredit and destroy CAN?
A man who celebrated and encouraged the slaughter of IPOB members, including women and children? A man who stood by silently and turned a blind eye whilst his security aides beat up a journalist at the Presidential Villa and smashed his camera?
A man who sold his soul to the devil and served the Fulani cabal to the best of his ability. A man who has sat by silently as the Judiciary, National Assembly and all our revered institutions and leaders in the south and Middle Belt are rubbished?
A man who has told all manner of lies against President Olusegun Obasanjo, President Goodluck Jonathan, Vice President Atiku Abubakar and countless other opposition leaders, brandishing them as corrupt and unfit for public office whilst he serves the most corrupt, racist, vicious, sectional and oppressive Government in our entire history?
A man who insulted Afenifere leaders and those who called for restructuring and described them as jobless people who are just seeking relevance? A man who insulted his own in-law, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, by saying he was wrong when he described Nigeria as a mere geographical expression?
A man who has betrayed his own mentor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu? A man who used his Redeemed Church and his spiritual father to split Christendom and help put in place an evil Antichrist Government.
I have no sympathy for Osinbajo, and I do not think any southerner, Middle Belter or Christian who is in their right mind ought to either.
He is a disgrace to Oduduwa, to the south, to the Church, to Christendom and to the God that He claims to love and serve. Worse of all, he is a worthless coward! A man who considers his political career as being more important than the life of a believer.
A man who said nothing when a lady Pastor from his own Redeemed Church was murdered by Islamists and jihadists in cold blood right on his doorstep in Abuja?
A man who lacks courage, wisdom, humanity, decency, charity and compassion. Is that really a man, or is he just a whimp? Is that a servant of God? Is that a believer?
I say to hell with such a man. He doesn’t deserve any support or sympathy from any quarter. He entered into a demonic Faustian pact gladly and willingly in 2015 when he joined Buhari. We warned him, but he would not listen. He wined and dined with the devil, and now the devil has come for his soul.
I say let him perish with it. No one can resist the judgment of God, and it will take a lot more than Professor Akintoye to save him from that.
Those who speak for him in the name of Oduduwa solidarity would do well to do their homework about this man. They should speak for themselves and not me.
Osinbajo made his bed, and he should be allowed to lie in it. If he had any decency, he would have resigned by now, but he lacks self-respect and honour, so he can never do so.
He is motivated by nothing but greed and ambition, and that greed and ambition will destroy and consume him.
Permit me to conclude this contribution with the following. On 12th November, Shola Salako, a leading member of YOLICOM and a highly respected writer and public commentator, wrote,
“Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has no integrity, no balls and is a poor student of history”.
Shola, as courageous and forthright as ever, is absolutely right.
Chief Femi Fani-Kayode
MY COMMENT
Before I proceed to the essay, let me make a brief statement about a confederal system of government. It is an extension of the Federal System of Government, and the component units are, to some extent, more powerful than the central government. However, specific areas like currency, defence, Customs and n, and Foreign Affairs are reserved for the central government. And it is the system in Canada and Switzerland, and to some extent, in Australia. Each region in Australia has its own Energy and Natural Resources Law. I came across this information in my "International Mining and Comparative Law" class in graduate school.
I share this story by Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, not necessarily because I endorse his views about the Vice President, but as a future reference for the events and writings that heralded the beginning of the end of a country formerly known as Nigeria. The choice is very clear. At this juncture, it is either, one, a total disintegration of Nigeria as Femi is advocating, or two, a Confederal Option, where the component units retain a certain degree of autonomy over certain areas like natural resources, State Police, Education, and Highways as was the case between 1952 and October 01, 1960.
But there is a snag: The Northern Elders and the President are seemingly in denial of the enormity of our divide that is pushing all the Femi Fani-Kayode and the Kanu of the East to the brink. Northerners believe that they don't understand what True Federalism connotes. President Buhari believed that Nigeria's problem is about the process and not the structure.
And I disagree with the President. My position is that the process defines the structures. The process pollutes the structures. The process perverts the structures. The process corrupts the institutions and creates all the ills in the structures that are pushing people to anger. Federal Character is a process. Quota System is a process. Nepotism is a process. Dictatorship is a process. Lopsided creation of states and local government councils is a process. Hijacking the leadership of Nigerian Customs and Immigration Services is a process. Hijacking the leadership of the Armed Forces is a process. Hijacking the Ministry of Defence is a process. Killing free education at all levels is a process.
And that's just by the way. The truth is that if the people described as Northerners of Nigeria, or specifically, the HAUSA/FULANI, had wanted to get out of the union, they would have done so long ago, without seeking the consent of the other members of the union. So, why are the Westerners, Middle-Belt, South-South, and South East dilly-dallying on embarking on a journey or a process that is in the best interest of their people?
Some of the Easterners want True Federalism, while some want total disintegration. The West wants the Oduduwa Republic. Mid-West and South-South want Restructuring and True Federalism. The Middle-Belt wants True Federalism. And we are all talking about a loose form of association, otherwise known as Confederation. That was what we had before independent and the discovery of crude oil in the Niger Delta.
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