I will never call Tinubu my President - Pastor Bakare

 

Pastor Tunde Bakare, the Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, has stated that he will never refer to President-elect Bola Tinubu as his president.

This was stated by the priest during a webinar on Saturday, May 27, following his speech on the Zoom program themed, 'Building the New Nigeria: The Role of the Diaspora.'

Bakare previously stated that the 2023 elections would fall short of acceptable norms.

When asked if he would be willing to work for the new government as a 'Minister of Diaspora Engagements,' the cleric smiled and explained how he refers to President Buhari.

Bakare recently told Buhari that he sometimes called him President of Nigeria and other times "My President."

He however said he would never refer to Tinubu as "My President.'"

"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," the cleric told the participants.

He continued;

" 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."

He said he didn't participate in the elections, therefore, no one would say he lost in the exercise.

Bakare, who participated in the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary election on June 14, 2022 and polled no vote, 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."