Tag: Farooq Kperogi article on Yemi Osinbajo

Osinbajo Clashes with APC, Tinubu Over Muslim-Muslim Ticket

Precious Ibekwe

“He should resign, exit party to truly show the decision does not sit well with him.”   The eventual adoption of a Muslim-Muslim ticket by the presidential flagbearer of the ruling APC has ignited a new wave of tension in the party as the country’s most senior Christian official, the Vice President is said to have warned that such an adoption would not augur well both for the party and the nation. Lagos-based Vanguard newspaper, which reported this quoted a source in the Presidency to have disclosed yesterday that the…

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Osinbajo is the lynchpin of a phenomenon called entryism, by Farooq Kperogi

Farooq A. Kperogi

Let me start by making it clear that most of the liberal RCCG members I’ve interacted with over the last few weeks don’t support Osinbajo’s overt bigotry in favor of the church. Several of them are embarrassed by it—the same way that I’ve been embarrassed by Buhari’s favoritism toward northern Muslims. So, please don’t understand me as demonizing the RCCG, which I believe is a great spiritual sanctuary and source of hope for many. Now, let’s get started with empirical facts and end with a conceptual wrap-up of what Osinbajo’s…

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