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By Nasir Kura
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said Sunday that had he died in the February 2, 2019 helicopter crash, those responsible for his security and others would have been in trouble.
Osinbajo said this at a thanksgiving service organised by the Aso Villa Chapel Abuja to celebrate the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari and the Vice President at the recent presidential election.
“On February 2, God gave me reason to know that but for his grace we would have been consumed, when our helicopter crashed. When the crashed occurred, for a moment there was complete silence. For a second, it occurred to me that if we had died that is what it would have been, complete silence.
“But we all got out without a scratch. God delivered us. God also delivered those in charge of our security, the government of Kogi State would have also been in trouble. We give God all the glory. I pray God will also be kind to you all also, that you will never be lacking in support, care and genuine prayers,” he said.
Osinbajo said if he was told before 2015 that he would have been in politics, talk less of touring the whole 36 states of the federation and the federal capital territory, he would have doubted it.
He said he is constantly reminded by his wife that he promised her a quiet life, but with politics that is no longer politics.
“I am constantly reminded by my wife that she wanted a quiet life, which I promised as an academic but here we are today. I know that I don’t have special qualification all the exaltation comes from God,” he said.
In his sermon, the Assistant General Overseer and Pastor in charge of Northern Region of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Ezekiel Odeyemi, thanked God for preserving Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and his family from evil since he assumed office.
Also speaking, Primate of Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, Most. Rev. Nicholas Okoh, prayed for the Osinbajo family.
The event featured praise and worship sessions, special songs and renditions from Abuja-based and visiting choirs.
