A shocking video has emerged of Pastor Tunde Bakare of Latter Rain Assembly openly admitting that he refused to sign a resignation letter that would have seen him hand over his vice presidential position had General Buhari been successful in his presidential campaign in 2011.
In an interview with Kadaria Ahmed aired in July 2013, the firebrand pastor cum politician was queried as to whether his refusal to step down contributed to the breakdown of the proposed merger between CPC and ACN prior to the 2011 elections.
“It was not stepping down that was the issue,” Bakare responded. “It was resigning on paper with my signature, to sign as Vice President of Nigeria. I said, ‘No, I can’t do that. I can resign as Tunde Bakare, a candidate, but I cannot resign as Vice President, an office I have not occupied.’ That is illegal.”
“Are you saying they were willing to allow your name to go forward in the polls and then they expected that once you’d won the election, you would resign as Vice President?” queried Ahmed in the pilot edition of her show ‘Straight Talk With Kadaria’ currently airing on Channels Television.
“That is what they were asking for,” Bakare admitted. “But I was not ready to commit perjury, to sign an office I have not occupied.”
Clearly perplexed, Kadaria questioned as to why Bakare still chose to support a party that intentionally instructed him to be involved in perjury, adding that his position as a pastor puts him on an even higher moral pedestal in the eyes of the public.
“My moral code is simple – I am the salt of the earth and the light of the world,” Bakare retorted. “Light does not run away from darkness and salt does not run away from corruption. What you do is contact without contamination.”
The user who uploaded a short snippet of the interview on YouTube today opined that a similar agreement had been forged with current Vice presidential candidate, Pastor Yemi Osinbajo of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) led by Pastor Enoch Adeboye.
“This is the same agreement their stooge, Pastor Yemi Osibanjo, has signed for Tinubu that will ensure APC’s dream for a Muslim/Muslim Ticket if Buhari wins,” the video description controversially reads.
Na lie! Prof Osibajo will not do that!!
Foolish trust….. what made u think so. Well,…..never trust anyone
Let’s leave sentiment aside and use our heads to analyze critical issues. Any carefree error of today will definitely boomerang on us as individuals and nation ..
I just wish a more serious,creditable and sincere party can come on board with a more creditable candidate.
Its a shame to us as a nation of this magnitude and a disgrace to all of
us,especially the cheap electorates.
When would they get tired of spinning out superfluous tales?!
they’ve simply run out of ideas.
Desperate PDP,they can lie,
if you have been undereducated on the achievements of #GEJ and you think a man GMB is your ideal man just STFU and go do your voting, does this video look graphically edited or did PDP bribe the pastor to speak too.. you all know channels haave their show recorded usually go their and check for yourself if it a lie.. all this pdp apc BS is sickening and opinions from ill-educated educated fellas like you makes this even more depressing. jeez!!!
YOU ARE A MUMU!
Mr Mumu, who is Bakare? Of what importance is he to this 9ja? Does he manufacture any product of good to 9ja people? Is he a producer of any goods? I know him as one of the end time Pastors! He is the Pastor that predicted of OBJ’s death in 1999. Mr Bakare boasted that OBJ will not finish his first tenor in office but OBJ not only finish two terms, he was asking for the third tenor! He is not a man to be taken serious. So watch ur video and keep quite.
Nonsense….
How does this video look fake. This is an interview from a TV station we all know. Cant we just argue or make our points without prejudice. The video is there. How could the be asking him to resign on paper from an office he has not occupied. These politicians are just full of evil and dubious ideas. This una Buhari dey baffle me. Yes PDP and their missing monies is not encouraging. But APC’s plans are devilish!