Serving overseer of Citadel Global Community Church (CGCC), formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly (LRA), Pastor Tunde Bakare, has described former Governor of Lagos state and All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu as a man who has fought many wars for the Yoruba people.
In his latest message titled: “An Idle Man’s Brain Is The Devil’s Workshop,” Pastor Bakare who likened Tinubu to Jephtaph in the Bible who delivered his people despite the circumstances surrounding his birth, stated that God does not need anyone’s permission to put Bola Tinubu in his hall of fame.
The cleric who has expressed interest in contesting for the presidency after the expiration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term in 2023, averred that the All Progressives Congress (APC) would not have won the 2015 and 2019 elections without Tinubu’s help.
Bakare noted that he is not Tinubu’s brand manager, but added that all he knows is that “just as every saint has a past, every sinner has a future, and the best of men are still men at the very best.”
He stated that those against Tinubu are envious of him and desire to take his power slot.
Bakare said: “I have a word for some Yoruba people whose stock in trade is nothing but a rancorous noise characterised by bitterness and resentment about the ancestry of the former two-term governor of Lagos state, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“Carry your stone. I have a word for those Yoruba rancorous elements, noisemakers who have not achieved much as Asiwaju Tinubu has achieved, but are always querying and worrying themselves about his ancestry.
“His traducers are quick to tell you, he’s from Iragbiji; that is where Jephthah came from, that is where he came from. As if that will resolve the issues we have today. Hear me loud and clear, knowing the name of Asiwaju’s mother or father or his place of birth cannot put food on the table of the hungry or create jobs for the unemployed.
“Despite his growing up challenges, the dents and the detours of his life, he like Jephthah delivered Lagos state and nearly all the southwest states from the onslaught of the PDP from 1999 to 2007.
“Truth be told, without his cooperation and political dexterity, the APC victory at the polls in 2015 and 2019 would have been impossible.
“Those who are envious of him and those who desire to take his power slot should stop their useless talk about him, and busy themselves with what can add value to society.
“Like Jephthah the Gileadite, he has fought many battles on behalf of the Yoruba people and won despite his rough beginning and God does not need anybody’s permission to put such in his hall of fame despite their past deeds and ancestry”.
The Pastor concluded by saying he is not a friend to anyone, but he is like the rain which falls on the just and the wicked. He said he would defend the rights of his enemies even when they have the right.
Watch his video clip below:
We want to say here that this same Tunde Bakare attacked the Bola Tinubu not long ago when he called on Tinubu to account. That was around October 27, 2019.
Daily Sun of October 28, 2019 wrote: “Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly (LRA), Tunde Bakare, yesterday took aim at politicians, blaming them for the poor infrastructure and worsening economic hardship in the country.
He specifically tackled the former Lagos State governor and leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, claiming that he would give account one day.
Bakare, a former vice presidential candidate and convener of the Save Nigeria Group (SNG), spoke during a sermon at the church’s Ogba, Lagos, international headquarters.
The cleric, who recently said he would be the 16th President of Nigeria, lampooned some politicians for their financial recklessness and lack of commitment to the growth of the country. He contended that the collapse of infrastructure in Nigeria was as a result of stealing of the people’s resources by some politicians.
Using a coded term, Bourdillon, a name popularly associated with the former Lagos State governor, Bakare claimed that he would give account of some of his deeds.”
Can anyone call on the incorruptible to account? To us, his latest pro-Tinubu statement looks more of an afterthought, trying to repair the damage he himself did to the same man he is now defending.
We know that the Yoruba people will respond to his latest outburst in torrents because he himself has his past, and we are glad that he acknowledges it.
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