President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday received Pastor Tunde Bakare, the Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church (CGCC), in an audience in Lagos.
Bakare’s visit to Tinubu was revealed in a post on X by the Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
The former presidential aspirant under the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023, said his discussion with Tinubu focused on national development as well as the future of Nigeria.
He said, “It’s not about just reservations. It’s about how the country will go well. My personal vision is to see a nation that works in my lifetime, and those things I’ve discussed with Mr President, they’re not hidden things, but I’ve learned that when you discuss with the person in charge, you leave it with him to do whatsoever he wills with what you have suggested.
“So I’ve had a private conversation with Mr President and I’m glad that he received me well and I trust that God will help our nation.”
Bakare had in April criticised Tinubu, saying that he is steering Nigeria in the wrong direction.
He decried the relationship between the executive and legislative arms of government under Tinubu, asking the Nigerian leader to “stop playing God”.
“To the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, under whose brand of politics the institution of legislative oversight is collapsing and our democracy is faced with an existential threat, I say: Mr. President, Nigeria is too delicate for this kind of politics,” the preacher said.
“If this state capture was what you meant by emi lo kan, it is an anti-climax that can only be counterproductive in the end. I urge you, Mr. President, to think deeply and reflect on these words: ‘No man is wise enough nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.’ Please, stop playing God!”
“Mr. President, it is through your influence that the Nigerian National Assembly has become a haven for legislative rascality,” Bakare argued.
