Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo has revealed
that long before his emergence as running
mate to President Muhammadu Buhari for
the 2015 presidential election, he already
had a blueprint for the transformation of
the nation.
According to him, his proposed pathway for
Nigeria’s development was developed
alongside two other Pastors – Ituah
Ighodalo and Kemela Okara.
He made this disclosure while speaking at
the 7th anniversary celebration of Trinity
House in Lagos.
Osinbajo maintained that the Senior Pastor
of the church, Ighodalo, who he described
as a politician, held several meetings in
Lagos him and Okara with the aim of
fashioning out a way forward for Nigeria.
The Acting-President said: “To cut a long
story short, as God would have it, by the end
of 2014 I was nominated as vice
presidential candidate of the APC and as
they say, the rest is now history.
“But I must say those meetings by the three
of us and severalother meetings held in
some other fora were largely based on faith
because we did not have any political
structure or any kind of political force as
such.
“We were just committed to the idea that
Christianity itself is a force for change, for
transforming nations, men and women and
for doing those things God has called us to
do, namely disciplining the nations.
“Christianity is above everything; Christianity
believes that the means of transforming
nations are not controlled by the flesh and
so, we agreed that unlike any other set of
beliefs, Christianity calls up to sacrifice in
order to transform.
“And so, we are enjoined to love our
neighbours, to pray for those who despise
us and pray for those we should condemn;
even when we know that some would want
us to fall, we are meant to pray for them and
not to revenge.
“The compelling power of the gospel of
Jesus Christ has not been because Christians
confronted others by phyical force.
“It has been because Christians had
confronted others with love and
compassion and with the strength of grace
behind them; and that is what will change
our nation and that is what will change the
world.
“That is the fundamental of the Trinity
Accord,” Osinbajo emphasised, urging the
crowd at the Trinity House not to be
surprised as to where the Lord is taking
Pastor Ighodalo.
Asked to expand on the Acting President’s
political insinuations, the Head Pastor of
Trinity House, Pastor Ighodalo refused to
confirm or deny rumours that he would be
vying for a senatorial seat in 2019.
The ceremony had in attendance Edo State
Governor, Godwin Obaseki; Minister of State
for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu; Pat
Utomi; Yetunde Odejayi, who represented
the Deputy Governor of Lagos State; Prince
Tijani Oniru, who represented the Lagos
royal family; and Apostle Sunday Popoola.
