Plot To Smear Osinbajo Reputation Uncovers,Campaign Council Urges Nigerians To Ignore

The Vice-President Campaign Council has uncovered an alleged plot to besmirch the reputation of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo by some political rivals in an attempt to Kill his political dream.

According to the media council statement made available recently, claimed that a US-based Nigerian is leading a group of smear campaigners to soil the image of the Vice President in a bid to reduce him politically.

The council stated that the sully group is planning to cast the Vice President as a Christian religious fanatic while he was a commissioner in Lagos State,that he has treated some Muslim workers serving under him badly.

The council made it cleared that Osinabjo didn’t discriminate against any staff of another faith during his time as the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos state.

It stressed that the leader of the campaigner was a former Students Union President at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) and presently a lecturer at the University of Ohio, USA.

The council, therefore said it has prepared to resist any attempt to besmirch the reputation of the vice-president.

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.”

The media council described Osinbajo as a firm believer in Nigeria’s diversity, an ardent proponent of Nigerian unity and a tolerant Nigerian who believes in inter-faith harmony and freedom of worship.

According to the council, the need to alert the general public to the smear campaign against Osinbajo was necessary and urge everyone to ignore same when released to the public.

Adding : “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”,the council opined.