Fani-Kayode, Shehu Sani Reacts To Osinbajo’s Statement On Kidnapping

The Minister of Aviation under the Goodluck Jonathan administration, Femi Fani-Kayode, has condemned the statement credited to the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, during his visit to the US.

The Vice President was reported to have claimed that kidnapping in Nigeria was exaggerated.

Fani-Kayode in his reaction described that statement by Osinbajo as a “lie from the pit of hell.”

Osinbajo, while addressing some Nigerians in New York had said the ongoing insecurity in the country, particularly kidnapping and banditry were being exaggerated.

“Kidnapping in Nigeria is exaggerated and not entirely new, social media tends to be hysterical about everything,” Osinbajo had said.

Fani-Kayode who took to his Twitter account to react wrote; “Kidnapping in Nigeria is exaggerated and not entirely new…social media tends to be hysterical about everything – @ProfOsinbajo.”

“This is a pernicious, perfidious, insidious, malevolent, repugnant and dirty LIE. It is the mendacity of the century: a LIE from the pit of hell.”

The immediate past Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, condemned the remark credited to Osinbajo.

He described the remark by the Vice President as an affront on the spirit of the dead.

Sani on his Twitter account wrote, “I have a lot of respect for the Vice President but the statement credited to him on killings and kidnappings is an affront on the spirit and sensibilities of the dead and the living victims of this continuous violence.”

Meanwhile, Naija News reports the presidency has reacted and clarified what the Vice President actually said in the United States, saying Osinbajo’s words might have been taken out of context.