Tunde Bakare, the serving overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, says he recognises Bola Tinubu as the President of Nigeria and not “my president” because the presidential election was greatly flawed.
Bakera, Muhammadu Buhari’s in the 2011 general election, said this during a webinar organised by the PTB4Nigeria in Diaspora Group on Saturday.
The cleric explained that though he respects Buhari because of his “integrity and incorruptibility”, he was dissatisfied that he would be handing over the reins of power to “someone who does not have that value.”
He said he met with Buhari last Wednesday and made it clear that he will only address the new president as “President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria” and not “my president” as he addresses Buhari.
Bakare said, “At any public lecture anywhere, before this mess is cleared off, I will address Asiwaju as the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria but I will never call him ‘my president.'”
Commenting on his loss of the ticket of the All Progressives Congress during the party’s presidential primary election held on June 14, 2022, the cleric who polled no single 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.”
