A group tells Pulse that the
infamous presidency cabal is still doing everything to destroy Osinbajo
and send him out of the presidency.
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| Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is embroiled in a political battle from within the presidency |
A political group reveals that there are fresh plots aimed at tarnishing the image of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and cutting him down to size.
A couple of political actors from within the
presidency, referred to as the cabal, are behind these plots, the group
has shared.
The group, which calls itself the Initiative to Save Democracy (ISD), says
there is a calculated attempt by the cabal in cahoots with some south
west leaders to peddle outright falsehood, fake news and lies against
the vice president.
In a statement sent to Pulse and signed by Peter Oladele,
Secretary of ISD, the group says it has reliable information that the
cabal will stop at nothing to distract the vice president from doing his
work.
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| Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo at the Independence Day dinner |
The group adds that the cabal is working
tirelessly behind the scenes to malign the vice president and impugn his
integrity; especially after it became clear they couldn't pin anything
on him.
The first part of the plot
“The first thing they attempted to do was
to destroy the relationship between the president and vice President but
that has not worked despite deploying different strategies from inside
and outside.
“Then they tried to malign the vice
president’s reputation by throwing up all sorts of trumped up charges
against him but with no evidence of wrongdoing that soon crumbled.
“They even referred to the N5.8 billion
NEMA Emergency Intervention, the N90 billion FIRS Campaign Fund and
other fake news but all those failed too because they were fake news
from the beginning. They even went after those who have backed the vice
president,” the statement reads.
ISD then explained that the cabal is cooking
more fake news and lies against Osinbajo in cahoots with some political
leaders from the south west region of the country.
“In the coming days and week, there will
be fake news and lies about the vice president in the media and social
media space yet again, most of it fabricated by the cabal and some
people who claim to be south west leaders; but again it will fail.
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“The plan of the cabal is to ensure that they
distract the vice president every week with some fake news. What this
will ultimately mean is that instead of him to focus on the work he is
doing for Nigeria, he will be concerned about the fake news and lies," ISD adds.
Buhari and Osinbajo Independence Day 'bromance'
The group says the cabal is very angry with the
president for showing off the cordial relationship he enjoys with the
vice president during the Independence Day celebration on October 1,
2019.
“Their renewed anger at the vice president
stemmed from the showing he enjoyed with his boss during the
Independence Day celebration. The cabal said the two of them appeared to
still enjoy a very healthy relationship as they were seen talking and
laughing.
“They will stop at nothing to make Prof. Osinbajo look bad in the eyes of President Muhammadu Buhari,
his boss. They also don’t like the fact that he has restated his
loyalty to serve Nigeria and serve his boss. These are some of the
things getting them angry.”
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| President Buhari, VP Osinbajo and former military ruler Gowon at the commemoration of Nigeria's 59th independence anniversary (Bashir Ahmad) |
The group says it is too early for the cabal to be
scheming about 2023 when we are in 2019; with a lot of work still to be
done by the present administration. “I think they should leave politics for now and allow the president and vice president concentrate on the work at hand.
“They were elected to deliver the
dividends of democracy to Nigerians and they should be allowed to
deliver on their mandate instead of pushing politics into their faces.
We urge Nigerians not to distract themselves with negative politics,” the group says.
A spokesperson for Osinbajo declined comments for this story.
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