Jonathan: Osinbajo has Sold His Lips to Satan - Reno Omokri | CNR

Nigerian-born-United States-based pastor and aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri has replied Vice President Yemi Osinbajo's statement that former President Goodluck Jonathan shared the sum of N150 billion just two weeks before the 2015 general elections, describing the statement as an indication that the Vice President has sold his lips to the devil.

Speaking at the 7th Presidential Quarterly Business Forum for private sector stakeholders at the State House conference centre, the Vice President said:

"We saw from the presentation of the Minister of Finance that N14 billion was spent on agriculture in 2014, transportation got N15 billion, while infrastructure in three years got N153 billion, and yet in two weeks before the elections, N150 billion was shared.

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“So if your total infrastructure spending is N153 billion and you can share N150 billion, that is completely incredible. That sort of thing doesn’t happen anywhere else in the world. So, when we are talking about the economy, we must simply understand that, that is the problem".

But reacting to the claim by Osinbajo, Mr. Omokri said it was "sad that the Vice President has again surrendered his lips to satan to be used to spread slander and lies".

According to Omokri, "Nigerians may recall that lying is the most consistent achievement of Professor Osinbajo’s almost three years as Vice President".

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While highlighting the numerous achievements of President Goodluck Jonathan while in office, Omokri noted that Osinbajo has continue to make these discredited comments because he is a man promoted above his competency.

"It will also be recalled that in February 2016, the Vice President again lied when he claimed that both the Jonathan and Yar'adua governments did not build a single road. This fact was easily disproved when even members of this administration, including Osinbajo's boss, President Buhari, began commissioning projects, including roads built by the Jonathan administration.

"Some of the roads either built or rebuilt by the Jonathan administration include the Benin-Ore portions of the Benin-Lagos road, the Vom-Manchok road, the Kano-Zaria Road bridge (named after late Emir Ado Bayero) and many more.

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"The single most expensive and valuable project built in Nigeria in the last 20 years is the $1.8 billion Abuja-Kaduna 187 kilometres super-fast railway that enables Nigerians work in Abuja and live in Kaduna.

"This project was built and completed by the Jonathan administration. Is the Vice President aware of this?", Omokri wondered.

He therefore challenged Vice President Osinbajo to a forensic evidence to support his allegation that Mr. Jonathan shared the sum of N150 billion in two weeks before the general elections.

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"On this most recent allegation by Vice President Osinbajo, let me state categorically that former President Jonathan DID NOT share 150 billion two weeks to the 2015 election. If Professor Osinbajo has proof that former President Jonathan did so, then we challenge him to publish his proof. He is a professor of law and ought to know that he who alleges must prove", he said.