The moral burden of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo

Many people voted for Muhammadu Buhari as president in 2015 because he had Professor Yemi Osinbajo as his vice-presidential candidate. In 2011, one election cycle before that, Buhari found his John the Baptist in Pastor Tunde Bakare. In 2015, when he picked Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, he found his Jesus Christ and hit the jackpot. What Buhari wanted to achieve with Pastor Tunde Bakare in 2011, he finally accomplished with Prof. Yemi Osinbajo in 2015. Six years after, the question left for Prof. Yemi Osinbajo to answer is whether it is all worth it.

Is it worth it? Is it worth it for him, Osinbajo? Is it worth it for the people who put aside their suspicions of Buhari to vote for the ticket because they trusted Osinbajo?

While only Osinbajo can answer if it is worth it for him being part of the government of Muhammadu Buhari in the last six years, the people of Nigeria are beginning to make their evaluation about whether it was worth it for them to make assumptions about what Osinbajo would bring to the presidency of Muhammadu Buhari.

The choice of Osinbajo, “a mere commissioner” in the words of Bukola Saraki, a former Senate President, was a thoughtfully negotiated deal. Nigeria’s political henchmen who turned against Goodluck Jonathan in favor of Muhammadu Buhari arrived at Osinbajo as a compromise candidate for…