During a webinar on Saturday, the Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, expressed his disapproval of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, stating that he will never refer to him as his president.
The cleric and politician alleged a series of malpractices during the 2023 elections, indicating that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) made a mess of the electioneering process.
He made these comments during a Question and Answer session after delivering his speech on the Zoom programme titled, ‘Building the New Nigeria: The Role of the Diaspora’ organised by the PTB4Nigeria In Diaspora Group.
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Furthermore, during the programme, he spoke about the 2023 elections, stating that they were below acceptable standards.
When asked if he would be willing to work for the new government as a Minister of Diaspora Engagements, he laughed and said he would say what he said to the outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari last week.
He said:
“Last Wednesday, I was at the Glass House where he (Buhari) has been restricted now because the main house is being renovated. I said I have done that for you. I want you to know that, because of the circumstances of your flying into power on the wings of integrity and incorruptibility, but you’re now passing onto someone who does not have that value.”
According to the cleric, at “any public lecture anywhere, before this mess is cleared off, I will address Asiwaju as a President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria but I will never call him my president.”
Bakare had participated in the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary election on June 14, 2022, but polled no votes.
He said:
“I participated in the primary, and there were hundreds who participated only by stepping down, so there is no shame in what we have done. We spoke truth to power within seven minutes.
“I wasn’t there when they voted, I wasn’t there when they scored (me) zero, but we won that badge of zero and badge of honour.”
