PROF. YEMI OSIBANJO: APCs MASTERSTROKE I think this is APCs masterstroke! The best choice Tinubu can make. For those of you who didnt know Yemi Osinbajo, here is his CV and the political calculation that won him the VP ticket. (1) Yemi Osibanjo, is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and a Senior Partner in the Law firm of Simmons Cooper Partners. He is a Nigerian professor of Public law, former Solicitor General and Antorney-General of Lagos State, Nigeria during Tinubus administration. He was rumoured to have owed his nomination into Tinubus cabinet to RCCG church by Pastor Adeboye. (2) He is currently senior pastor in RCCG and one of the right hand men of Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye. Hes been a member of his official entourage for years now and he was Tinubus pick for the proposed merger between ACN& CPC in 2011 b4 d merger crumbled. The proposed merger crumbled because Buhari refused to substitute Pst. Tunde Bakare (who was already his VP candidate) for Osinbajo (Tinubus candidate). Tinubus camp felt CPC cant have both d president and VP slot to themselves and still be talking merger. Hence Tinubu was rumoured to have struck a secret a secret pact with Jonathan that saw SW vote diverted to PDP. And pls note few days after d alliance deal collapsed; either by co-incidence or delibrate political power play, Jonathan appeared at Redemption Camp and Pastor Adeboye wittingly or unwittingly endorsed GEJ by laying his hand on him in that popular photo op that spread like wildfire in 2011. It was there at the redemption camp that night that the Presidency was won and the king was crowned. Believe it or not that photo of GEJ kneeling down and Baba Adegboye laying hands on him swung d vote of the christian community for GEJ. Either by ommission or commission d rumour spread like wild-fire thereafter that GEJ was Gods choice, cest-fini! Buharis fate was doomed. Now lets analysis this scenerio with the emergence of Akinwunmi Ambode another RCCG member as APCs gubernatorial candidate for 2015. It was rumoured as far back as four years ago; immediately after Fasholas 2nd term victory that CAN (Christian Association of Nigeria) will no longer back a muslim candidate after the tenure of Fashola. It was reported (either rightly or wrongly) that Tinubu personally assured Pst. Adeboye that he will make sure his next candidate would be a christian. The news circulated for months and years leading to the APC gubernatorial primaries. A year b4, all eyes began to turn towards a certain Akinwunmi Ambode, an RCCG member and a cabinet member of Fasholas APC goverment. It was further rumoured that Tinubu was said to have told Baba Adegboye that Why look further for a Christian candidate when I have your son Akinwunmi Ambode a member of your church in Fasholas cabinet? We can make him d Governor. True or false as d rumour is, few months later that young man; Akinwunmi Ambode emerged APCs gubernatorial candidate and Tinubu went to great extent to virtually installed him against Fasholas choice of Hamzat. Now, how does this affect 2015 election? The king will surely be crowned in RCCG for sure. Tinubu has given RCCG and Pst Adeboye a Governorship candidate and a VP candidate for sure and that rightly nullify PDPs propaganda that APC is an Islamic party and also wipes Buharis image as an Islamic fundamentalist. Dont be so naïve either to think RCCG will be neutral in dis battle. Baba Adeboye and RCCG will not abandon his own men particular his right hand man and protege Pastor Osinbajo for a certain Goodluck Ebele Joe. If theres one man who might likely get d hand laying photo op endorsement this year at redemption camp, it is not likely to be Goodluck Ebele Joe, neither is it Buhari because he wont likely be there in d first place because it is akin to expecting OBJ or GEJ going to kneels before A NAFSAT imam for a Islamic endorsement. I think the man for this photo op would be Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, afterall it is as routine for Baba as praying for our RCCG son and fellow RCCG pastor who is contesting the 2015 election. That tells u GEJ wont get that photo op endorsement this year cos he wont be welcome in RCCG. Now RCCGs membership and followership cuts across over 10 million followers, also extending beyond its territory into other churches. That is very huge number. Whoever Baba Adeboye endorses is always seen as Gods choice by many even outside his church. Non will be willing to argue with it. The damage that will do to GEJ and PDPs unwritten propaganda posturing as a christian party will be huge! GEJ religious card is bound to crumble here as Tinubu has just struck a masterstroke in Osinbajo as Buharis VP. Osinbajos choice has just cut GEJs votes in all geographical zones where RCCG has membership and that includes South South. An Amaechi or Oshiomole VP ticket will only dent GEJs voting prospect in Edo or river but majority south southerner will still go with GEJ and see Amaechi especially as betrayer. Tinubus masterstroke is spotting d need to cultivate d Christian vote for Buhari rather than be fixated with winning Amaechis 2 million vote in Rivers nor Oshiomole paltry vote from Edo. With Osinbajo and RCCG more than 70% of d Christian vote will be secured and lock up in South West. Passable Christian votes in South South and South East will be added to Amaechis vote that will still come in from Rivers (only that RCCG membership vote will now boost his efforts d more in terms of numbers ). Same applies to Oshiomoles territory. Now this are clearly the permutations that saw to the emergence of Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as Buharis VP. culled from nairaland.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 15:51:52 +0000
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