By The serving overseer of The Citadel Global Community Church, formerly known as the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare is once again set to ditch the pulpit for the murky waters of politics.
Speaking at a virtual event on Saturday, the outspoken clergyman declared his intention to run for the office of the president in the 2023 elections under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
In his address, Bakare spoke on his presidential bid tagged ‘Project 16’, saying his ambition is based on a first-hand understanding of the challenges faced by the average Nigerian.
“Project 16 is not just about me. It’s not just about the presidential ambition of any man. In any case, I do not have a self-generated ambition. What I do have is a vision of a new Nigeria that was birthed in me from childhood and an honest aspiration to serve as the 16th president of my beloved nation, Nigeria,” he said.
It would be recalled that Bakare was President Muhammadu Buhari’s running mate in the 2011 presidential elections under the platform of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC).
Meanwhile, the clergyman’s declaration which comes the same day with that of Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi, has set tongues talking on social media, especially on popular micro-blogging platform Twitter as many Nigerians berate Bakare for masking his political ambitions using the name of God. See some comments below:
Pastor Tunde Bakare is not a man of God. He must repent from telling lies on the pulpit. An elder must respect his old age, otherwise children will remove his cap.
— NEFERTITI (@firstladyship) April 10, 2022
I don't consider Tunde Bakare to a serious person – so his declarations for the presidency are as far as I am concerned, a running joke.
— Onye Nkuzi (@cchukudebelu) April 9, 2022
Now it's so clear why Tunde Bakare sought to run the SE presidential project down, with his non-existent Balewa curse. Man just declared for president. We knew it was all mischief. These people lie with the name of God. They don't fear God. This man isn't a man of God. He's evil.
— Olaudah Equiano® (@RealOlaudah) April 9, 2022
Tunde Bakare is a penterascal paslitician with a pulpit from where he spews genocidal dangerous lies..🤔 https://t.co/o1zsMKEUaH
— Dele Farotimi #Enikure!🖐🏿🤬 (@DeleFarotimi) April 10, 2022
To cut the long story short… Tunde Bakare is a liar who benefits from his lies… He wants to run for president… So he searched for ways to discredit a tribe who he deems fit to run by lying to his congregation.. That same lies which he makes a living from. I am not shocked. https://t.co/UwSyZAC9z0
— Ifeanyi chukwunweike (@ifychukwunweike) April 10, 2022
I do not consider Tunde Bakare to be a man of God. He’s fond of lying in the name of God. His declaration for president is a joke that insults our sensibilities and he deserves more than a Will’s slap from everyone of us. https://t.co/qkEOtxSC6h
— Lanre Reactivated (@Coolboy_Lanre) April 10, 2022
