I thought what Doyin Okupe said was a harmless statement until OluFamous.Com started seeing words like BLASPHEMY anywhere we go online. It was serious, many people come for Okupe.
Nigerians have severely criticised Okupe, an SSA to the President on Public Affairs, for comparing his boss, President Goodluck Jonathan, with Jesus Christ.
Insisting that Nigerians had failed to understand the many troubles Jonathan had gone through for the sake of "everybody" in the country, Okupe said, “There are political issues. People do not understand the burden this particular President is bearing. He is like Jesus Christ. He (Jonathan) is bearing the burden of everybody.”
In view of Jonathan’s “untold burden” for the nation, Okupe said, it would be impossible for his principal to lose the 2015 presidential election to General Muhammadu Buhari.
The presidential aide boasted that though certain politicians had been sabotaging the Federal Government’s reforms, especially in the power sector, victory was still certain for President Jonathan.
“Today, the Nigerian Army is in total and perfect control of the North East. I can’t see Jonathan losing this (2015) election. It’s not possible,” he added.
But reacting to his comments, many Nigerians lambasted Okupe for comparing Jonathan to Jesus Christ and asked him to withdraw the statement.
Online activists who took a swipe at Okupe urged Jonathan to reject the title of “Nigeria’s Jesus Christ” which they said Okupe erroneously bestowed on him.
Activist Tayo Moore accused Okupe of insulting Jesus Christ by comparing Him with his boss.
Noting that the comparison was sacrilegious, Mr Moore advised Okupe not to hold the belief that he could “insult” Jesus Christ and go scot free.
“Okupe has just confirmed that he doesn’t know or have Christ. It is only a matter of time before he (Okupe) begins to compare Prophet Mohammed and Jonathan in the same breath.
“That will be his final undoing. I am wondering what CAN has to say on Okupe’s sacrilege, given its current ‘leadership’ or should I say lack thereof?”
A Kano-based respondent, Nazir Galadanchi, cautioned Okupe against uttering blasphemous statement.
“That’s blasphemy. Okupe should please seek for forgiveness,” he added in a message on Twitter.
Political blogger, Japheth Omojuwa, described Okupe’s latest comparison as the height of “desperation” of the Jonathan-led Presidency.
“Doyin Okupe just called Goodluck Jonathan Nigeria’s Jesus Christ. We have finally reached the peak of their desperation. How can you trust a bad marketer to sell a bad product? Okupe trying to sell Jonathan is the journey of a blind man leading another,” he tweeted.
It would be recalled that while speaking during a live breakfast show on Channels Television on Monday, Okupa said Jonathan had borne the nation’s problems and woes on his shoulders in the same way that Jesus Christ had always carried the burden of Christians all over the world.
Gesticulating widely during the programme, Okupe stated that, with regard to the Nigerian situation, Jonathan could best be likened to Jesus Christ.
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