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A Word Of Advice For Yemi Osibanjo By Femi Fani Kayode by costan306(m): 5:57pm On Dec 21, 2014
AN ARTICLE BY FEMI FANI KAYODE
A WORD FOR OF ADVICE FOR YEMI OSIBANJO

I am glad that the APC eventually took my advice
and saw the wisdom in not fielding a muslim/
muslim ticket for the 2015 Presidential election
even though I hear that, right up till the last minute,
they almost did.
I congratulate my friend and brother Professor Yemi
Osinbajo on his nomination as the Vice Presidential
candidate of the APC and running mate to Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari.
I have known Yemi for a number of years and I must say
that he is not only a very pleasant and civilised person
with a warm and gentle disposition but he is also a
cerebal lawyer with a brilliant mind. I have immense
respect for him.
Yet sadly ever since I heard about his nomination and
announcement as Buhari's running mate I have felt
nothing but sheer pity for him and a deep sense of
pathos. My counsel and words for him are as follows:
Woe unto the children of light that secretly delight in
darkness and that seek to thwart the counsel of God for
their nation by joining hands with the sons of Boko and
the daughters of Haram.
The bible says ''what fellowship is there between light and
darkness?'' It says ''what does God have to do with
Belial?'' It says ''what profiteth a man to gain the world
and lose his soul?''.
A respected Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of
God, a devout and committed Christian and an
intellectually-sound, well-bred and well educated
Professor of Law accepts to be running mate to a closet
fundamentalist, a bloodthirsty, cruel and murderous
military dictator and a die-hard believer in the philosophy
of ''born to rule''? This is serious.
A gifted servant of God who is a favored spiritual son of
Rev. Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the
Redeemed Christian Church Of God has jumped into bed
with one of the most notorious troublers of the faith and
one of the most consistent enemies of democracy and
Nigeria? This is very sad.
Rev. Enoch Adeboye is undoubtedly one of God's greatest
and most respected generals on the planet and one of the
Church's most humble and best-loved precious gems, yet
one of his spiritual sons has surely let him, and indeed
the Kingdom of God, down by choosing to play ''man
Friday'' and second fiddle to an individual that represents
everything that is troubling, unsettling and repugnant to
the modern world and to the 21st century? What a
tragedy.
A learned Professor of Law and a senior member of the
Nigerian bar who is the leading authority on the law of
evidence and who has written numerous books on that
topic chooses to play number two to a man that failed all
his exams at military college and that never went to a
decent school or to any university? Jumping
Jehoshaphat.
It is only in Nigeria that this sort of thing can happen.
Poor Yemi. Look at what the Haramites have done to him
and look at what they have reduced him to. Is there
anything that these creatures from hell will not do? Is
there anyone that they will not use and is there any norm
that they will not defile, pervert, debase, violate and
corrupt in their ignoble quest for power and as a
consequence of their insatiable lusts and manifest greed?
The truth is that each and everyone one of us, including
my friend Yemi, will ultimately have to answer to God for
the choices that we make and we must live with the
consequences of those choices. It is no wonder that the
Redeemed Christian Church of God has disassociated
itself from a false claim that the Church and, by
implication, Rev. Adegboye himself, was supporting the
Buhari/Osinbajo ticket. Thankfully they have come out to
say clearly and categorically that this is not so. One can
always trust Adegboye to do and say the right thing
because he is a man that is truly ''after God's heart''.
Yet the denial of an endorsement and tacit support from
his Church is just the first of many shockers and
unwelcome surprises that Yemi will be served with in the
next few weeks. He will get shock after shock and
surprise after surprise until the battle is over and
circumstances compel him to go back to his very
lucrative legal practice.
Yet before he does that he should learn a thing or two
from one of his esteemed colleagues and yet another
Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, the
courageous Pastor Bosun Emmanuel. Bosun said the
following words in his famous sermon titled 'The Nigerian
Church' which went viral just a few months ago.
He said, ''woe be unto any believer who joins hands with
the enemies of God in an attempt to bury the Church and
destroy the gospel''. This was a timely admonition and
these are strong and wise words from a true servant of
God who is under no illusion about what is going on in the
politics of Nigeria and who is brave enough to say it as it
is.
Yet whether we choose to heed Bosun's words or not I
am absolutely certain of one thing: those that have
aligned with the servants of satan and the children of
darkness and that seek to thwart God's counsel for our
nation shall not prevail.
Boko Haram abducted 185 women in Borno state on
December 18th and they killed no less than 52 innocent
people. Despite that some people are still supporting
Buhari and his army of desperate Haramites? What a
people, what a country.
Those that say that Buhari has changed simply because
he chose a Pastor as his running mate are ignorant. Did
he not have a Pastor as his running mate in his last
outing in 2011? Did he not still say that it was his
intention to ''spread sharia throughout the country'' and
that ''an attack on Boko Haram is an attack on the north''?
Did he not oppose a state of emergency in the north
eastern states and say that it was unfair for the military
to kill Boko Haram members? Did he not say that instead
of killing them they should forgive them, pamper them and
treat them in the same way that the Niger Delta militants
were treated?
Did the spokesman of his party Alhaji Lai Mohammed not
say that the proscription of Boko Haram by the Federal
Government was ‘’unjust’’ and ‘’unconstitutional’’? How
does the fact that Buhari has opted for a Christian running
mate change any of these things?
In any case he only opted for a Christian running mate
because he was compelled to do so as a consequence of
the hue and cry that the prospect of a muslim/muslim
ticket had already started to generate. Are those that cite
the fact that he has a Christian running mate as evidence
of his new-found love for Christians aware of the fact that
during the American civil war a small, ignorant, misguided
and deluded group of negro slaves actually fought on the
side of the southern confederate forces in an attempt to
keep slavery in place?
Did that suggest that the leaders of the southern
confederate ‘’secession’’ states suddenly changed their
minds and fell in love with the blacks that they had
enslaved and treated like animals? Is Buhari's claim of
not being partial to his own hausa-fulani tribe not a little
far-fetched? Did he not lead a northern delegation to
Alhaji Lam Adesina, the late Governor of Oyo state, just a
few years ago when some Fulani herdsmen were
slaughtering Yoruba farmers on their own land and ask
him ‘’why are YOUR people killing MY people?’’ Apparently
Buhari believed that the aggressors that had invaded the
land and farms of others and that killed all the occupants
had a right to do so simply because they were fulani. Yet
some people still claim that the man is not a tribalist.
Ignorance and lack of knowledge is a terrible affliction but
in this context it is not only terrible but also very
dangerous. Buhari’s choice of a Christian Pastor as his
running mate means nothing and changes nothing about
him or his entrenched views and ancient mindset.
It rather provides clear evidence of his sheer desperation
to win power at all costs and it is a reflection of his
obvious and deep-seated deceit. Let the truth be told
even though the heavens may fall: Christian Vice
President or no Christian Vice President, Buhari's heart
remains as dark as ever.
We shall meet him in the field: let God's will be done.

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Re: A Word Of Advice For Yemi Osibanjo By Femi Fani Kayode by IKJ66(m): 5:59pm On Dec 21, 2014
INTEREsting.......buh WHO CARES ??
Re: A Word Of Advice For Yemi Osibanjo By Femi Fani Kayode by GhaliNaaba(m): 6:09pm On Dec 21, 2014
Ffk is a bastard like his father. His father was used to divide yoruba race by northerners. He is a shame to yoruba race. Oloriburuku oloshi, enunjawaya.
Re: A Word Of Advice For Yemi Osibanjo By Femi Fani Kayode by Hostermipo(m): 6:37pm On Dec 21, 2014
absolutely true to some extent...

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