Pastor Tunde Bakare, the founder and head pastor of the Citadel Global Community Church, has renounced Bola Tinubu, as his President.
Bakare, who participated in the All Progressives Congress presidential primary election last year, said he will never call Tinubu, his president ahead of the latter’s inauguration.
The cleric stated this during a webinar titled ‘Building the New Nigeria: The Role of the Diaspora’ organised by the PTB4Nigeria, a diaspora group on Saturday.
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When asked if he would be happy to work for the new government as a Minister of Diaspora Engagements, he laughed and 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.”
He added: “Any public lecture anywhere, before this mess is cleared off, I will address Asiwaju (Tinubu) as a President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria but I will never call him my president.”
Tinubu will be sworn in as the President on 29 May, 2023.