Since We Took Power In 2015, I’Ve Never Had Problem With Buhari: Osinbajo

Despite their religious differences, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo claims that he and President Muhammadu Buhari have never had a disagreement since taking office in 2015.

“President Buhari is a devout Muslim, and I am a pastor; we’ve worked together for about seven years, and we haven’t had any issues,” Mr Osinbajo said in a statement released by his media aide, Laolu Akande.

Mr. Osinbajo delivered the charge during a visit to Sheikh Muhammadu Niass, the Grand Khalifa of the Tijjaniya Islamic Movement Worldwide, based in Senegal.

“We must use our faiths to promote peace and prosperity for our people,” he said. “We must work together to ensure that religion benefits our people.”

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“In other parts of the world, religious leaders have used religion to improve people’s lives,” Mr Osinbajo added.

In 2019, it was reported that Messrs Buhari and Osinbajo had a falling out over the latter’s request to always seek the president’s approval before running agencies under his control.

There were also reports that the president fired at least 35 of Mr Osinbajo’s office’s over 80 aides.

Despite these reports, Vice President Biden described Mr Buhari as a model of leadership who respected people of various religious beliefs.

“The president has demonstrated great leadership; he has demonstrated that he wants a country where people of various faiths live in harmony and love for one another,” Mr Osinbajo said.

The vice president urged religious leaders to use their faith to promote peace, prosperity, and the development of societies.

Mr. Osinbajo was quoted as saying that, despite their differences, Africans must learn to sit together and communicate in order to avoid situations that cause division.