VIDEO: Osinbajo reveals why he gave up alcohol
Former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has shared the personal experience that led him to stop drinking alcohol, describing it as a defining moment in his spiritual journey. In a video circulating on social media, Osinbajo recounted how an encounter with colleagues while serving on a United Nations mission in Somalia prompted his decision. Although a pastor, he said he occasionally enjoyed red wine and beer at the time. “I like my red wine once in a while, and then I like my beer,” he said. Osinbajo explained that the turning point came while he was working in the justice sector of the UN mission in Mogadishu. After preaching at a fellowship service one Sunday, he headed to a restaurant intending to buy two cans of beer before returning to his room. “On this particular Sunday, I was coming back from the Fellowship where I had preached, and I was just hoping to buy two canned Heineken and go to my room and read my Bible,” he said. When he entered the restaurant, he found severa...