Pastor Tunde Bakare, the Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church on Sunday said he supported President Muhammadu Buhari because God told him Buhari has a role in stabilising Nigeria.
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Bakare a critic of successive past administrations who once said he is not under any obligation to protest against the Buhari government, made this statement in a state-of-the-nation broadcast on Sunday.
Highlighting his role in the coalition of political parties that birthed the All Progressive Congress and the eventual emergence of Buhari in 2015, Bakare said God had in a vision shown him that Buhari has a critical role in the stabilisation of Nigeria.
He stated that the legacy of President Muhammadu Buhari is in grave danger of being confined to an unsavoury side of history.
“I am compelled to speak out because the state of the nation does not represent the Buhari I knew when we took that solemn journey towards rebuilding Nigeria,” he tweeted.
“I am compelled to speak out at this point because, given the state of the nation, the legacy of President Muhammadu Buhari is in grave danger of being confined to an unsavoury side of history. I am indeed compelled to speak out because Nigeria is in a state of emergency.”
In the statement, the clergyman also stressed he is being compelled to speak out given the state of the nation, arguing Nigeria is in a state of emergency.