One of the former Presidential aspirants and the General Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has finally broken his silence and reacted to his humiliating defeat at the Special Convention for the presidential primary of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
Bakare did not get any vote at the Convention where Asiwaju Bola Tinubu was elected by delegates as the presidential candidate of the party in the forthcoming 2023 general elections.
During his church’s Sunday worship, Bakare wished Tinubu the best in the 2023 general elections, saying that a new Nigeria was possible.
In his address titled “A New Nigeria is Still Possible”, Bakare said he remained committed to such new Nigeria that would work for all and sundry.
“I congratulate the winner of the APC presidential primaries, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for his victory.
“His emergence as the flagbearer and presidential candidate of the APC is a testament to his significant contributions to the course of the South West as well as his labour towards the formation and establishment of the APC as I have said in times past.
” I, therefore, extend best wishes to him as he proceeds on the campaign trail towards the 2023 general elections,” the cleric said.
Bakare said that since the conclusion of the APC Primaries in Abuja on June 7 and June 8, he had received “an almost endless stream of visitors” and shared various impressions, but has yet to make any official public statements.
“As the main constituency and core group I am accountable to, I deem it appropriate to share a few thoughts with you first,” he told the congregation.
On his involvement in politics, Bakare said it was antithetical that some parents wanted their children to grow up to be President but did not want them to become politicians in the process.
The overseer said that he had a lifelong commitment to serving his nation, Nigeria.
According to him, he is more convinced now more than ever that the quest to serve his beloved nation, Nigeria, had been a worthy adventure for a worthy cause.
As a presidential aspirant at the APC’s Special Convention, Bakare said it had been a great honour for him to be the standard-bearer of the message of a New Nigeria; a Nigeria that works for every Nigerian.
He thanked his supporters across the nation and in the Diaspora for their unalloyed support, despite the challenges leading up to the primaries.
