Pastor Tunde Bakare Denies Endorsing Tinubu – Criticizes CAN
– Pastor Tunde Bakare Criticizes CAN – Denies Endorsing Bola Tinubu
General Overseer of Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare has denied reports that he endorsed the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
This is coming after he criticized CAN for spinning a story around Tinubu’s choice of a Muslim-Muslim ticket. Pastor Tunde criticizes Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) for speaking up against the APC’s choice of a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the 2023 presidential election.
The Clergyman said;
“Amongst other things, I was quoted to have said that the agitations by the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, were ploys by the opposition party, PDP, to force a weak candidate on APC. In addition to this, I was alleged to have said that CAN wanted to lure APC into presenting a weak candidate.
“The spurious writers also alleged that I stressed that Christians are righteous people who behave like Christ, and that CAN are politicians who behave like PDP.
“As if the poorly strewn lies were not enough, I was quoted as saying that Tinubu is my candidate.
“Isn’t this the same Tinubu that I announced to all and sundry at the APC Presidential Convention that I was not stepping down for? He has suddenly become my candidate!
“I wish to state unequivocally that the statements are absolute lies. There was nowhere I granted anyone any interview, or preached on any platform, where I said the ludicrous statements.
“I challenge anyone who is in possession of the video or audio file of the statements to please put it in the public space.
“For the avoidance of doubt, I am a nation builder who will not in any way create real or imaginary division among the people of our great country, through the medium of political parties or religion.”
Pastor Tunde Bakare criticizes CAN and noted that he is a nation builder and will not in any way create real or imaginary division among Nigerians through the medium of political parties or religion.
