Pro-Osinbajo Group Replies Tinubu: Your ‘Forgiveness’ Is An Insult

The Osinbajo Support Movement (OSM) has debunked as an insult comments credited to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to the effect that he had rendered forgiveness to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo for contesting against him for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

While noting the need for political reconciliation among all the aspirants for the ticket, the group in a statement described the comments by Tinubu as an insult on the office of the Vice-President of the country.

GWG.NG reports that Tinubu at a recent interactive session with some political stakeholders in Kano had said that he had nothing against Osinbajo saying:

“I have nothing against him. I have been to his house after the primaries. I saw him on the day of the goodwill message [at] the retreat organised by the president. And a man who forgives, a man who asks for forgiveness from Allah fully deserves forgiveness. If you cannot give forgiveness, how are you asking from Allah? To me, it is over,” Tinubu had said.

In its response to the forgiveness of Osinbajo, as purported by Tinubu, the group in a statement issued by its national coordinator, Mr Liberty Badmus said:

“While the OSM welcomes the need for the APC flagbearer and other presidential aspirants to come together, the group rejects the use of the word “forgiveness” and the implications attached to it.”

“We note just like the flagbearer stated that both the VP and himself have met at least twice since after the primaries, any attempt to take a revisionist perspective by insinuating that an offence had been committed because a sitting VP decided to run for the Office of President is an unmitigated insult, completely unnecessary and such narratives ought to be totally discouraged.

“We recall that a meeting of APC Elders in the Southwest ahead of the primaries where the aspirants had resolved the issue concluding that all the aspirants had the right to contest. It is the spirit of that meeting that should be maintained not a derogatory effort which undercuts the solidarity required to take both the flagbearer and the aspirants including the VP forward,” the statement read.

The group said support of everyone was appreciated and their new political choice is respected, but will not accept a situation where every group or individuals in the Vice President’s camp will be forced and classified “into this agenda”.

“Everyone who supported the Vice President has the right to support whoever they wish after the primary, and Vice President Osinbajo has made it clear that people are free to support the party’s candidate but no one should however ridicule us and our principal by going to beg for forgiveness, Nigeria runs a democratic democracy, and approves anyone within the legal ambit of our laws (constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the APC constitution) to seek to be elected for President and other elective offices as so desired.

“For the umpteenth time, we state that His Excellency, the Vice President has not committed any crime or offended anyone by seeking to serve his country in the capacity of President,” the group said in faulting the comment by Tinubu that he had rendered forgiveness to Osinbajo.

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