NIGERIAN POLITICIANS USE RELIGION TO OPPRESS, DIVIDE THE PEOPLE - OSINBAJO

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that in too many instances, leaders drawn from different areas of the national life have tried to use religion and ethnicity to cause division in a bid to attain political and selfish ends.

In a press statement signed by his senior special assistant, media, Laolu Akande, he noted that Nigerians who believe in pursuing the good of the nation must come together with the Buhari led administration in order to fight against evil and those who perpetrate it in the country.

Prof. Osinbajo, SAN, said this over the weekend in Fadan Kagoma, Kaduna State during the 2016 Khituk Gwong Day where he was the special guest of honour.

He said "those Nigerians of the new tribe are those who believe in truth, honesty and justice among other virtues that advance the right course for the country."

He added: "This new Nigeria must be based on love for each other and must value integrity."

He explained that Christians have to love those who hate them and despitefully use them, and even have to pray for their enemies.

According to him, those who have been stealing from and looting the nation's coffers are drawn from all ethnicity and faiths, but are united in their quest to steal.

"When they are stealing the nation's money they are completely united," the vice president noted.

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