Reno Omokri, an ex-aide to former
president Goodluck Jonathan, has described Yemi Osinbajo, the vice president,
as a man who lies as much as the devil he preaches against.
Omokri made this statement in
reaction to comments made by the vice president during a visit to the United
States.
On Monday, Osinbajo told
Nigerians in New York that Nigeria had about 112.7million people living in extreme
poverty as of 2010.
In response, Omokri, who is also
an author, said the United Nations (UN) and the World Poverty Clock (WPC),
tagged Nigeria as the world headquarters for extreme poverty with a population
of 87 million people under the current administration.
He said if such reports put
Nigeria’s population at 87 million people in 2018, the figure provided by
Osinbajo that there were 112.7 million people living in extreme poverty in 2010
is questionable.
“According to the United Nations
and the World Poverty Clock (WPC), Nigeria overtook India as the world
headquarters for extreme poverty on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, when her population
of extremely poor people increased to an unprecedented 87 million people,” the
statement read.
“If, according to both the UN and
the WPC, Nigeria’s population of extremely poor people hit an unprecedented
number of 87 million people in 2018 under General Buhari, how is it possible
that there were 112.7 million people living in extreme poverty in 2010?
“You see that no matter how far
and fast Osinbajo’s regular falsehood travels, it will always be overtaken by
truth.
“I will like to say again that Mr
Osinbajo has shown himself to be a man of very base character, who lies as much
as the devil that he preaches against and whose behaviour has undermined the
faith of genuine believers.”
The vice president is currently
on a working visit to the United States. He is scheduled to meet Mike Pence,
his US counterpart, on Wednesday.
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