Laide Raheem, Abeokuta 

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has described himself as a product of God’s special mercy.

Osinbajo stated this, yesterday, in his remarks at the Interdenominational Service of Praise and Thanksgiving, held at the Obafemi Awolowo Square, Ikenne-Remo, Ogun State.

The event was attended by governors of Lagos and Oyo states, Akinwunmi Ambode and Senator Abiola Ajimobi, respectively, the immediate past governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Ogun State  governor-elect, Dapo Abiodun, senator Godswill Akpabio, traditional rulers, among other dignitaries.

Osinbajo, who was accompanied by his  wife, Dolapo, to the service, said the thanksgiving in his hometown became imperative, to thank God for sparing his life in a helicopter crash on February 2, in Kabba, Kogi State. 

He ascribed his survival to the special mercy of God, Who, according to him, has seen him through ups and downs of life. 

Osinbajo offered prayers for peace, progress and stability in the country at the event, and also, noted that God actually saw him through the rigours and hazards during campaigns, in the build-up to the 2019 general election.

Earlier, his wife, Dolapo, shared her experience when she received the news of her husband’s helicopter crash. She said the mercy of God has been pillar of her family.

On his part, Abiodun described Osinbajo as embodiment of diligence and sincerity; the attributes which, according to him, are worthy of emulation.

The Ogun governor-elect said just like the vice president,  it was the mercy of God and absolute faith in Him that helped him to waddle through the murky water of politics that characterised the governorship election in the state.

In his sermon at the service,  the Archbishop of Ecclesiatical Province of Lagos, The Most Reverend Olusina Fape, said the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC)  at the just-concuded presidential election was because of God’s mercy.

While praying that God should see the country to the next level of greatness, Fape, added that it was God’s mercy that diverted untimely death from Osinbajo and urged him to continue to serve God who has been merciful to him and his family. 

“The election has come and gone.

“But, it was won through the mercy of God. It is mercy that makes difference in lives of individuals.

“Election is not according to your power, your ability and your wisdom, election is a matter of mercy. 

“Mercy does five things; it brings victory, it brings exaltation, it brings wisdom,  it brings deliverance and success.

“Your Excellency, whatever you might have achieved, it is not by your power or wisdom, but by the sheer mercy of God. 

“As you celebrate today,  God’s mercy will catapult you to the next level; according to the slogan of your party,” Fape said.