Osinbajo Chides Jonathan For Attending OIC Meeting

VICE Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress
(APC), Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has chided President Goodluck
Jonathan for being the first Nigerian leader to have attended the
meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) since
Nigeria was surreptitiously enlisted by President Ibrahim
Babangida in 1986.
Osinbajo disclosed this on Tuesday, at an interactive session with
professionals in Warri, Delta State.
He said those accusing the presidential candidate of the party,
Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, of being a Muslim
fundamentalist and campaigner of Islamisation of Nigeria were
doing nothing but distorting history.
“Throughout his period as military head of state, Buhari was under
intense pressure to drag Nigeria into the OIC, but he never yielded,
because he respects Nigeria as a secular state, in line with the
constitution. Besides, his cook and driver are Christians.
“When Babangida eventually dragged Nigeria into OIC, none of his
successors ever attended any of its meeting because they know to
Islamise Nigeria is very difficult, as you need to first get the
constitution amended. That process, you know, is almost
impossible.
“But it is on record that in 2013, President Jonathan, undermining
the constitutional limitation, ensured that Nigeria attended an OIC
meeting,” he declared.