Former vice president, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, gave a humorous explanation of the peculiar events that caused him to give up drinking alcohol.
He described the event that led him to decide to give up drinking in a video that went viral on social media on Tuesday.
Osinbajo clarified that even though he was a pastoralist, he occasionally drank beer and red wine.
“I occasionally enjoy my red wine, and then I enjoy my beer,” he remarked.
But everything changed for him when he met a Danish coworker in Mogadishu, Somalia.
“I was just hoping to buy two cans of Heineken and go to my room and read my Bible on this particular Sunday after returning from the Fellowship where I had preached.
“The Mogadishu UN campus was home to numerous eateries. I went to this specific restaurant and noticed a lot of my international coworkers as soon as I stepped in. They were consuming alcohol.
“They concealed their beverages when they noticed me. When I approached one of my Danish coworkers and inquired as to why he was concealing his whiskey, the Danish guy said, ‘You are the priest, and we can not be drinking around the priest.
“After perceiving the occurrence as a divine message, I understood the meaning of ‘All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient.'”
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