Viral Videos: “Vice President Osinbajo Speaks Against Fascism”, Gesinde Chides Obidients
- Peter Obi's supporters have been chided by Gesinde for trending a video of Vice President Osinbajo
- He said it is wrong of them to misconstrue what the VP said when he responded to a questions on parallel government
- In 2015, Osinbajo had supported his party's positions when asked about the question of forming a parallel government
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Award winning journalist, Seyi Gesinde, has chided supporters of Peter Obi for trending an old video of Vice-President Osinbajo.
According to him, there is no need to misconstrue what Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, said when he responded to questions on whether a parallel government would be necessary in 2015.
He insisted that what the VP said was simple: fascism should never be allowed to stand.
Source: Twitter
He said:
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"Taking a critical look at his point of view as an opposition then and the APC Vice Presidential candidate, the matters and circumstances he raised are different entirely from the Labour Party's position and situation today.
"This is it, Osinbajo explained that when a party wins and "the government decides it is going to ignore the wishes of the electorate; when the government simply decides to override the wishes of the electorate," that is "fascism" and that is when the winning protesting party can be talking of forming a parallel government to put pressure on the fascist's government without calling anyone out for violence. More so, the APC later became the winner of the election in 2015 defeating the sitting President, Goodluck Jonathan, and his party, the PDP."
Going further, he said that the statement from Osinbajo should not be misconstrued or be used to score any cheap political point now. He said it can't also be used to support the stand of the Vice Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, who was recently chided for his uncomplimentary statements faulting the results of the February 25 presidential election.
He added:
"Similarly, there is no need for Obi's supporters to start trending the video recorded over eight years ago, picking on Osinbajo's words to paint him in a bad light by claiming he too should have been labelled as treasonable. He wasn't toeing that path and his explanations didn't suggest so at all."
So, for emphasis and clarity, back to Osinbajo's words, the Labour Party is not the winner declared by INEC, but it came third and is in court to challenge the results of the election. Its situation is not relatable with what Vice President Osinbajo, said in support of APC in 2015.
Governors Dapo Abiodun, Inuwa Yahaya visit Osinbajo, present certificate of returns to him
Meanwhile, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo received Dapo Abiodun, governor of Ogun state in his office in Abuja. The governor also presented the certificate of return issued to him by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Recall that the electoral umpire declared Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the governorship election in Ogun state.
Abiodun scored 276,298 votes to emerge the winner of the keenly contested election. The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ladi Adebutu, polled 262,383 votes to come second, thus trailing the winner with 13,915 votes.
Source: Legit.ng
