Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has denied there is a plan in place by government to Islamise Nigeria.
He made the denial when a Christian group, Greater Nigeria Pastors’ Conference, asked him to explain where he stands in the alleged killings of Christians and Islamisation of Nigeria by the All Progressives Congress (APC) government.
The group at a meetingheld in Lagos with the theme “Peace of Jerusalem,” had Osinbajo as special guest of honour and Governor Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos State, as guest, demanded from the vice president through the keynote speaker, Apostle Paul Obadare, to tell them his stand killing of Christians across the nation and the alleged planned Islamisation of Nigeria.
Responding, Osinbajo told them that he was still a Christian and had not compromised his faith. He said he had never stopped to defend his Christian faith anywhere he went.
He said that God had kept him in the position of number two citizen for a purpose. The Vice President said that he did not lobby to become the vice president of Nigeria. He agreed that there were issues to be tackled in the country and that God is in control of the affairs of the nation.
He said that he had personally told the President that since Fulani perpetuated the killings and he was a Fulani man that he should be the first suspect. He said that the President responded to his query. He did not say specifically what the President told him
He went further to say that he worked directly with Mr. President and owed him the responsibility of allegiance. He said he would not stab the President at the back.
He said that the issue of Islamising the nation was not an agenda of the government. He said that during former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s regime that 12 governors implemented Sharia law in their states and Obasanjo could not do anything to stop them because the constitution had empowered them to do so as chief executive officers of their various states.
Osinbajo said that this government was working tirelessly to end the killings because the state owed Nigerians the obligation to protect every citizen irrespective of tribe, religion or ethic affiliation.
